December #jammed: Free Grace. Day 364: Empty Buckets “The Lord is near.” Philippians 4:5 “What if I never actually surf,” I joked, “It’s a possibility!” Monday morning Bible study prepares and leads me. “What if God just wants to teach me something through the process of preparation?” It’s a possibility. And it wouldn’t be the first time. […]

December #jammed: Free Grace. Day 363: Don’t forget to spot. He who takes refuge in the shelter of the Most High     will be safe in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 (VOICE) “Mom! Mom!” my little ballerina leaped into the kitchen with glee, “Look how many times I turned!” My tiny dancer had been determined enough […]

December #jammed: Grace, gifted. Day 360: Yesterday’s Mess. After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.“Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to […]

December #jammed: Grace, gifted. Day 359, Merry Christmas! “ And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born.” Luke 2:6 Merry Christmas, readers! On this morning, how can we not reflect upon the beautiful baby Jesus? For, as today’s verse celebrates, “the time came for her baby to be born.” The time […]

December #jammed: Grace, gifted. Day 358: Keepsakes. “We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to worship him.” Matthew 2:2 There is a little statue that sits on my desk. It’s a blue bird with a Christmas hat. I think it was stuck in a Christmas planter sent to my Grandma one year, […]