“Wisdom is divinely worked in those, and only those, who apply themselves to God’s revelation.” J. I. Packer, Knowing God I often want to be holier than I am. I want to be wiser, kinder, and more Christlike, but I want it to happen without having to make any real effort myself. Can’t it be […]

[getty src=”186369096?et=vVu9nR16u0-2tKxOAwVBUQ&sig=wurG6xdvvIG_xEP_kkjAoCOzYMnH5xp7So6H_HHTVys=” width=”400″ height=”602″] If I could keep time in a bottle. If only, right. But the question still remains, would I use it wisely? I’d forgotten how much I liked Jim Croce’s Time in a Bottle. The ‘story’ behind the classic folk hit is that Croce wrote it in 1970 after his wife Ingrid […]

Are two heads better than one?  Can it be too much of a good thing? [getty src=”181820728?et=5fd1VTg5FEGTtsUizpoazw&sig=CadN2KCu0GazT02S1BcDcYgS_aQbQKgee08PdOj6jbc=” width=”508″ height=”406″] Thursday afternoon I saw an email from WordPress announcing that Getty Images had added an embed feature and made it available free to non-commercial users. So I took the embed feature for a test drive and […]

It’s Friday and I’m done. I don’t mean I’ve finished all the things I wanted or needed to finish this week. I just mean I’m done trying. You probably noticed that I was in Africa. For 6 weeks. I’m not saying you cared, just that you noticed. Didn’t you? Last week I was glad to […]

Getty Images has kindly and generously made their photos available to WordPress bloggers. Did you see the awesomely excellent announcement from the Great and Powerful WordPress team??? Earlier today, Getty Images announced a new embed feature that will allow people to access and share photos from its extensive library of images for non-commercial purposes. We have been […]

Today let’s talk about repentance~ Repentance is the first step toward a relationship with God. You don’t have to read very far in the Gospels to find out about repentance.  It’s the message preached by John the Baptist and when John was throw in prison Jesus came and preached the same message Himself.  It must […]

. . . the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake a fire, but the […]

Going out to search for this at my local Green Acres Nursery & Garden store:)

The GodGirl blogs at It’s a God Thing. Some very special thoughts for our hungry hearts.