Restoring Hearts Blog

“There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.” Frederick William Faber As a young woman in my twenties, the big mystery was to know God’s will, regarding my relationships, career or ministry. Some things still haven’t changed in my sixties. Because I have grown in lordship and submission to God’s preference, I pursue to understand His will all the more. The difference is it’s not as much a mystery. My almost fifty years of walking hand in h

“Your life involves you but is not ultimately about you.” Priscilla Shirer I had a bulletin board in my fourth grade classroom called: All About Me. Each student had an opportunity to have their own bulletin board for a week highlighting who they were. Photos of their family and pets, what they liked to do and their favorite things were all displayed for their classmates to see. I wanted each student to feel special. It not only honored and valued them, it helped all of us to

“Unless Jesus is Lord of all, He is not Lord at all.” S. M. Zwemer Lordship was not in my vocabulary the first seventeen years of my walk with God. Yes, I believed and made a public confession of my faith in Jesus Christ as my Savior. But my Christian life was full of compromise. My beliefs did not necessarily change my actions. Who I was on Sundays was not who I was the rest of the week. I’m not sure how much strangers could tell a difference in me because of my personal rel

“There are times when it seems as if God watches to see if we will give Him even small gifts of surrender, just to show how genuine our love is for Him.” Oswald Chambers I’m a planner. It must be one of the “teacher” chromosomes in me. The downfall of this trait is it’s hard for me to let go of original plans and switch gears. I like to stick to plan A and not go on to plans B or C. My family knows if they come up with a different idea, I will need time to surrender plan A fr