by Crickett | Nov 19, 2015 | Devotional
This picture hangs in my office. The artist? Me. Before you jump to conclusions, let me clarify. I painted this picture during an afternoon breakout session at our women’s retreat several years ago, taught by Jennifer Fergus. I am not good at art, but I do enjoy...
by Crickett | Nov 12, 2015 | Devotional, Discouragement
I love my job as the Women’s Ministry Director at my church. Just last week, I told the Lord as I crawled into bed how thankful I am for this job and how much I love going to work every day. But to be honest, working in full-time ministry is not always a bed of roses....
by Crickett | Nov 5, 2015 | Devotional, Discouragement, How To Minimize Stress
I came home one day recently to this scene – a laundry room completely ransacked. No, I wasn’t broken into by robbers. My cat Hobson decided to have a field day and climb onto things he shouldn’t have been climbing on – resulting in a mess on the laundry room floor....
by Crickett | Oct 29, 2015 | Answering Difficult Questions, Attributes of God, Devotional
If God is sovereign, why does He allow natural disasters and catastrophes? If God is in control of everything — the weather, the oceans, the earth — why does He allow innocent people to die because of earthquakes, floods, tornados, tsunamis? It’s a tough...
by Crickett | Oct 15, 2015 | Devotional, Prayer, Spiritual Disciplines, Time Alone With God
You’re probably wondering what the connection is between jigsaw puzzles and prayer. A few weeks ago Debbie Hannah Skinner spoke at our Women’s Retreat on Fixing our Eyes on Jesus. She talked about the distractions that hinder us from doing that and then gave us a...
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