by Doris Swift | Jul 31, 2016 | age, beauty, Encouragement for Women, grace, provider
Any new wrinkles lately? Girlfriend, I can relate. I’ve wondered, and I’m sure you have too, why God designed these jars-of-clay bodies to age. We spend time and money trying to turn back time—trying to hold on to a more youthful appearance....
by Doris Swift | Nov 15, 2015 | Encouragement for Women, resolve
Do you know someone in a downward spiral? You may feel like giving up. You may feel like you’ve recited so many Bible verses, if they don’t get it by now, oh well. I know how that feels, and truth is, sometimes I don’t get it either. Hello plank in...
by Doris Swift | Sep 28, 2015 | acceptance, grace, Jesus, shame, testimony
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm...
by Doris Swift | Jun 26, 2015 | christian living, devotional, faith, shame
Shame. We’ve all felt it at one time or another, haven’t we? We’ve all done things we certainly wouldn’t expect to see announced in the church bulletin. Could you just imagine? “Pot-luck dinner Sunday at six, and speaking of pot, Sylvia...
by Doris Swift | May 16, 2015 | apologetics, faith, gospel
Where do we go and how will they know? I never tire of reading the book of Ruth. Sandwiched between Judges and 1 Samuel, God breathed a lifetime of legacy onto the pages, and in just four chapters. And you know what I love about Ruth? It didn’t matter where she...