by Doris Swift | Apr 6, 2019 | 2019, Encouragement for Women, Jesus, miracle, needs
Picture a child’s drawing of the ground and sky. What do you see? I see a ground-cover of green grass and wildflowers, a crooked house towering over smiling stick people with arms straight out. The sun snuggling deep in a corner or perhaps front and center...
by Doris Swift | Jan 1, 2017 | Encouragement for Women, Happy New Year
I’m not one for cliches, are you? Of course we will wish each other a Happy New Year. It’s what we do. But I’m not one for evaluating the past and making promises for the future. Ones I can’t keep. Those resolutions never stick and who wants to...
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...
