His Ears are Open

Phylicia | June 29, 2008

Today, instead of a normal church service, my church did what they called a “concert of prayer”.  It was a new idea, but it was so amazing, so powerful and so touching that I think it is something that should be done perhaps two or three times a year.  It wasn’t an over-spiritual, emotionally-charged event [...]

Walking Through the Fire

Phylicia | June 27, 2008

Charles Swindoll wrote:
“Walking with God is the most exciting and rewarding of all experiences here on earth.  I should add, it is also the most difficult.  I don’t think I’ve ever met an exception to the rule, that those who walk closest to God are those who, like Jesus, become aquainted with trials and testings.  [...]

Victoria's Unkept Secret

Phylicia | June 25, 2008

In Traverse City, which is about an hour from my house, there is a mall that I make sure I go to every time I am in the vicinity.  I love shopping, and this mall has every store you can possibly imagine!  It is an absolute blast… in more ways than one.  While it’s lots [...]

My Heart is a Highway

Phylicia | June 23, 2008

Another beautiful evening in northern Michigan!  It was a lovely Sunday today, sunny and 80 degrees.  After teaching a preschool class at my church, I cam home with my sister to wait for the rest of the family to return, and it was just gorgeous outside — fluffy clouds, blue sky — we eventually took [...]

When Dreams Must Die

Phylicia | June 22, 2008

   Every girl has dreams.  The majority of her life is spent in either the making of or the pursuit of them.  Dreams are wonderful things.  They are what inspires us to move forward, to go onward, discovering God’s will for our life along the way.  But dreams can have a tendency to become our [...]

A Divine Betrothal

Phylicia | June 21, 2008

As I sit on the front porch this evening, I can see the clouds turning lavender and pink as the sun in the west, behind the house, throws its last little rays into the eastern sky.  I can hear the birds twittering their good nights to each other, and my cat Fatty is playfully rolling [...]