I’d be Happy If
“Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers (and sisters). Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows” (James...
View ArticleDisappointment with God Part 2
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:18). As you live and move and have your being in Christ,...
View ArticleA Daddy Who Loves Me
[God said] “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters” (2 Corinthians 6:18 NIV). When I was a little girl, my father spent most of his waking hours working at his building supply...
View ArticleHer Story, My Story, Your Story
[God said] “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” (2 Corinthians 6:18). Once upon a time, not so very long ago or far away, a baby girl was born to parents who could not...
View ArticleLet God Soothe Your Longings
(Beginning August 1, the content of my blog will be completely different from the Girlfriends in God devotions. So if you are not signed up for my blog at www.sharonjaynes.com, please do it today…and...
View ArticleHere’s Lookin’ At You Kid
(Beginning August 1, the content of my blog will be completely different from the Girlfriends in God devotions. So if you are not signed up for my blog at www.sharonjaynes.com, please do it...
View ArticleWhen You Get In Over Your Head
I was just a wisp of a girl–a six-year-old, forty-pound monkey with gangly arms and legs who vowed she could do anything her eleven-year-old mischievous brother, Stewart, could do. Standing on the...
View ArticleWhat To Do When Your Rooster Crows
I sat on my back porch, wrapped in my fuzzy worn robe—the one that’s twenty years old that I just can’t seem to get rid of. The birch trees waved “good morning,” and the newly planted gerbera daisies...
View ArticleHang On! God’s Got This!
Oh friend, I don’t know what you are going through today. But I do know this: God is not surprised or worried. He’s got this. I’ll admit, I’ve had quite a month. For starters, someone created a fake...
View ArticleThe God Who Fills In Your Blanks
I’ll go out on a limb and say, that very single one of us, at one time or another, will struggle with feelings of inferiority, insecurity, and inadequacy. And the primary underlying falsehood that...
View ArticleWhen We’re Not Enjoying God
When I was a little girl, I loved pretending to be a bride. I’d wrap a sheet around my body, drape a towel over my head, and hold a bouquet of plastic flowers to my chest. Then I would start at one...
View ArticleDisappointment with God Part 2
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:18). As you live and move and have your being in Christ,...
View ArticleA Daddy Who Loves Me
[God said] “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters” (2 Corinthians 6:18 NIV). When I was a little girl, my father spent most of his waking hours working at his building...
View ArticleHer Story, My Story, Your Story
[God said] “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” (2 Corinthians 6:18). Once upon a time, not so very long ago or far away, a baby girl was born to parents who could not...
View ArticleLet God Soothe Your Longings
(Beginning August 1, the content of my blog will be completely different from the Girlfriends in God devotions. So if you are not signed up for my blog at www.localhost/sjold, please do it today…and...
View ArticleHere’s Lookin’ At You Kid
(Beginning August 1, the content of my blog will be completely different from the Girlfriends in God devotions. So if you are not signed up for my blog at www.localhost/sjold, please do it...
View ArticleDo You Believe God Tells the Truth?
God speaks to me in the comics. I know. That’s weird. But He does. Pickles comic strip features an older couple named Earl and Pearl Pickles. Take a look at this one. And there you have it! In the...
View ArticleIt’s Not How You Start, It’s How You Finish
I sat by her bed. Her hand swollen…full…unmoving. Feet that danced just a few weeks ago now stilled. Arms that lifted just a short time ago now limp. Words that spilled easily just a moment ago now...
View ArticleDo You Believe God Tells the Truth?
God speaks to me in the comics. I know. That’s weird. But He does. Pickles comic strip features an older couple named Earl and Pearl Pickles. Take a look at this one. And there you have it! In the wise...
View ArticleIt’s Not How You Start, It’s How You Finish
I sat by her bed. Her hand swollen…full…unmoving. Feet that danced just a few weeks ago now stilled. Arms that lifted just a short time ago now limp. Words that spilled easily just a moment ago now...
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