by Debbie W. Wilson | Jul 1, 2024 | Bible Study, Ministry, Refreshing Faith, Spiritual Growth
One year my husband and I decided to start the new year with a detox diet. I bought the cookbook, and together we shopped for the natural ingredients we’d be eating. The diet included a variety of good foods, so it didn’t look too difficult. But the detox banned one...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Apr 29, 2024 | Life skills, Personal Growth, Refreshing Faith, Relationship with God, Security, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual warfare, Trusting God
Checking off boxes on my to-do list brings me an absurd sense of satisfaction. I’ve even added finished tasks to my list so I could check them off. However, if I’m not careful, my love for productivity skews my value system, and I place more value on what I can...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Feb 5, 2024 | Life skills, Refreshing Faith, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual warfare
Our round kitchen table supports my eating, working, and reading. A three-legged pedestal supports the 60-inch tabletop. Imagine what would happen if it lost a leg. Trying to hold up one side of the table while trying to eat or type wouldn’t work. I’d soon give up and...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Jan 29, 2024 | Life skills, Personal Growth, Refreshing Faith, Relationship with God, Spiritual Growth
“Mom, look at the puppies.” I pull up a chair next to our daughter to watch the video showing the available puppies from the “poodle farm” where we got our standards. “Woof.” I turn as our dog Strider pounces, front paws landing on the table. Tail wagging, he barks...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Jan 22, 2024 | Personal Growth, Refreshing Faith, Relationship with God, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual warfare
Let’s play a game. I’ll say a word and you say its opposite. hot tall happy fast good Satan Who did you put as Satan’s opposite? The devil wants us to believe God is his opposite or equal. He’s not. Jesus is “far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Jan 15, 2024 | Battles, Personal Growth, Refreshing Faith, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual warfare, Strength
Where are these worms coming from? A few years ago, dead worms littered our basement floor. We put new weather-stripping on the French door and resealed the windows—to no avail. Sometime later I noticed the ceramic tiles between the tub and toilet lifting off the...
