It's not a big secret that I've been praying for my future husband for years. That's one reason why I was thrilled when I was given the opportunity to review a book called Praying for Your Future Husband. It's a short, sweet book by Robin Jones Gunn and Tricia Goyer. These two women have prayed for ... read more
Elisabeth Allen
A scribbler from England who loves God and people, life and beauty ... and hope!
Do You Pray for Him?
“Once upon a time …” I love stories that start that way! And this is a true story:A hundred years or more ago there lived a preacher called Charles. He was a young man, but he was blessed by God with great spiritual wisdom and granted the pastorate of a large church in London. Among his ... read more
what to do with your mother’s heart when you have no child of your own
Some women are born with a child-shaped hole in their hearts. The hole is meant for a child – or a lot of children – of their own. Why try to pretend it’s meant for anything else?In Becoming God’s True Woman, Dorothy Kelley Patterson writes: “If you are a woman, whether you are married or ... read more
Inspiring Stories of Women of Faith
“The preoccupation of seventeen-year-old girls don't seem to change much from generation to generation. But in every generation, there seem to be a few who make other choices. Amy was one of the few.” (Elisabeth Elliot in A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael)The thing I love ... read more
Inspiring Women of Faith from History
“God's women, down through the centuries, have enjoyed a freedom the world will find difficult to understand – the freedom to be and to do that which God intended.” (Ruth Bell Graham, endorsing Believers: Lessons from Women of Powerful Faith by Gien Karssen)I think I started wondering what ... read more
the beautiful ordinary
Sometimes I miss the beautiful ordinary in life because I'm looking for the extraordinary. I don't know what the extraordinary looks like in your life. In my life it looks like an intimidating combination of The Duchess of Cambridge and Katie Davis.Seriously!I was fourteen when I was told ... read more
sowing little seeds
Sometimes the pressure from the rest of the world to do "big things" for God leaves me feeling insignificant and overwhelmed and weak.Is it possible, however, that God smiles when His daughters to do little things for Him with hearts overflowing with faith, hope and love?For me this has been ... read more
when I don’t want to go to church
Beloved Friends, give yourselves, first, to God and afterwards to His Church ... cheerfully and promptly, without pressure or excitement. (Charles Haddon Spurgeon) At one time, I was one of those twenty-somethings who "loved Jesus, but not His church".I was raised to go to church on Sunday as ... read more
like a walk in a garden
What if devotions are intended to be less of a chore and more of a gift...like a walk in a garden?I love the verse in Genesis 3 that says, They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day... (Genesis 3:8) In this verse "they" are Adam and Eve. I think it's ... read more
simple is beautiful: 9 ideas for devotions
Sometimes I make my life unnecessarily complicated.Okay, let's be honest, sometimes I make my devotions unnecessarily complicated!But what if simple is beautiful for devotions as well as the rest of life and faith?The dictionary explains that devotion denotes affection and loyalty to an ... read more
