A Treasured Friend
You’re Invited! The Kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. – Matthew 13:44…
Category Abiding Through the Shadows
The Cure for Bitterness
I’ve been reading the Book of Ruth this month. I love Naomi because she renamed herself Mara, which means “bitter.” “For the Almighty hast dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full and the Lord has brought me home…
The Pathway to God’s Kiss
The prodigal son … Was brave enough to ask his father for his inheritance early. Was honest enough to take his inheritance and leave his father. Was “true” enough to admit “stuff” was more desirable than staying with his father.…
Secondhand Pain – Strength for Watching
-Terri Fornear Do you ever feel like you’re not going to make it through a situation? Hopeless and seeing no answers? That is how I feel when I watch someone I love in pain. Whether the pain is physical or…
Hinged or Unhinged?
-Terri Fornear Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? – Matthew 6:26 I was…
Wading Through the Voices 2
-Terri Fornear December and January were interesting months for me personally and as an “Abiding Coach.” Three of our cancer families “lost” someone they love. My 96-year-old dad visited us for 14 days and I experienced the confusion, body weakness,…
Wading Through the Voices
-Terri Fornear People often ask me, “How do you hear God’s voice?” How do you know it’s not your own voice or your imagination or positive thinking? I remember a time when “I got religion” after I met Jesus. I…
Getting Carried Away
-Terri Fornear Surely He took up my weaknesses and carried my sorrows… Isaiah 53:4 Can you imagine this God, Who created zillions of stars and knows about and counts every grain of sand on this earth? He sees you; Sees me. my…
Still Waiting
-by Terri Fornear This is the 3rd in a series of excerpts from Terri Fornear’s new book, Abiding Through the Shadows, A Caretaker’s Struggle with God’s Goodness. Joe’s diagnosis changed three times, ending with metastatic melanoma. I mention metastatic, because people would…
Bumps on the Road and Under the Arm
– Terri Fornear This is the 2nd in a series of excerpts from Terri Fornear’s new book, Abiding Through the Shadows, A Caretaker’s Struggle with God’s Goodness. On the Costa Rica trip, Joe seemed tired and did not want to go…