by Doris Swift | Jun 15, 2014 | burdens, christian living, encouragement, faith, financial issues, God, Prayer, relationships
Life can be overwhelming. A difficult situation may hit us head-on suddenly, or perhaps we saw it coming and failed to take precautions. We may not realize the stress building up in us, until the day that last straw person pops the top, and we explode like a shaken...
by Doris Swift | Jun 7, 2014 | baggage, christian living, encourage, fear, financial issues, God, Prayer, worry
What was your favorite childhood game? Hide and Seek tops my list. Talk about adrenaline rush; hiders frantically scattering as the seeker shouts “one, two, three,… ten; ready or not, here I come!” Stifling nervous giggles with hand over...
by Doris Swift | May 27, 2014 | called, christian living, emerge, encourage, fear, God
I am filled with exuberance at the mention of “a certain woman” in Judges who rocked the world of her people, literally. Who was she? When I get home one day, I hope to meet her, but for now I don’t even know her name. Here’s the passage:...
by Doris Swift | May 13, 2014 | Christian, christian living, emerge, encourage, God, invisible
When I was a little girl, my favorite super-hero power was invisibility. I thought it both adventurous and advantageous to wander around totally undetected, spying on friends, and listening in on conversations. Don’t judge, forgive me I was ten. Besides the...
by Doris Swift | Apr 3, 2014 | christian living, encouragement, faith, fear, financial issues, God, Him, hope, Jesus, testimony, trust
As a young girl growing up in north Jersey, opportunity to see the Atlantic Ocean came maybe once a year. It was quite a drive to go “down the shore” as we called it. I have fond memories of those summer vacations; excitement of the first hint of salt...
by Doris Swift | Mar 21, 2014 | Christian, christian living, encourage, encouragement, goals, God, integrity, success
Ah success. What does that word mean anyway? Ask a hundred different people, and you’ll hear a hundred different answers. But what does it mean to you? I loved English in school; it was by far my best subject; “A’s”, praise, and amaze....
