by Crickett | Aug 29, 2013 | Devotional, Rest, Time Management
How do we rest when our lives are maxed out with to-do lists and circumstances of life, and we’re pressed from all sides? In my last post, Rest: What is That?, I shared three reasons why people don’t rest. We need rest, but we struggle with incorporating it into our...
by Crickett | Aug 22, 2013 | Devotional, Rest
Do you ever feel like a hamster running in a tread wheel? For many of us, life has become a fast-paced sprint that never stops. As I meet with women each week, I hear a recurring theme: “I need rest.” And I’m right there with them. I’m tired. I need rest, too. We have...
by Crickett | Aug 15, 2013 | Devotional
Do you ever have days that just don’t go the way you had planned? That was my day yesterday. I came into the office excited to see that the boxes containing our freshly-printed Bible study books had arrived just in time for our Women’s Ministry kick-off Sunday...
by Crickett | Aug 8, 2013 | Devotional
Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot about the 425 million dollar Powerball jackpot. As I was eating breakfast this morning, the newscasters were reminding us that we had till 8:00 tonight (Wed.) to buy our tickets. As I was listening to them, I started day-dreaming about...
by Crickett | Aug 1, 2013 | Devotional
“Growing old isn’t for sissies.” I hear those words almost every day from a friend of mom’s at the nursing home where she lives. Even though those words make me laugh at times, I also realize how true they are. Growing old is NOT for sissies. The older we get, perhaps...
by Crickett | Jul 18, 2013 | Devotional, Discerning God's Will
I made a big mistake last Saturday afternoon when I opened my front door to a stranger. A few hours later, I had a new, expensive, bells-and- whistles alarm system that I didn’t need. Oh, but the salesman’s pitch was so convincing that I couldn’t refuse. That night as...