by Elle E. Kay | Aug 16, 2017 | Devotionals, Musical Wednesdays
David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets (1 Chronicles 13:8). Some people are born with amazing musical talent. Our daughter, Carolyn who...
by Elle E. Kay | Aug 14, 2017 | Devotionals, Monday Musings
Amy Grant had a song many years ago by that title: I Have Decided. Hearing it today made me think of those of us who sit on the fence, trying to straddle good and evil, wanting to be a light to this broken world, but afraid to fully turn from the darkness. I suppose I...
by Elle E. Kay | Aug 11, 2017 | Devotionals, Gratitude Fridays
Please welcome Susan Karsten to Faith in Writing. She has written a guest post for the Gratitude Fridays Feature. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. The brief blurb below captures at least six...
by Elle E. Kay | Aug 9, 2017 | Devotionals, Hymns, Musical Wednesdays
Please welcome Amber Schamel to Faith in Writing. She has written a guest post for the Musical Wednesdays Feature. Life is Worth the Living Just Because He Lives by Amber Schamel Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in...
by Elle E. Kay | Aug 7, 2017 | Devotionals, Monday Musings, Scripture songs
1 Corinthians 3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? Thursday afternoon we had choir practice. I had a POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) attack while there....
by Elle E. Kay | Aug 4, 2017 | Devotionals, Gratitude Fridays
Please welcome Linda Shenton Matchett to Faith in Writing. She has written a guest post for the Gratitude Fridays Feature. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations. I Peter 1:6 It’s easy to be...
by Elle E. Kay | Aug 2, 2017 | Devotionals, Hymns, Musical Wednesdays
Please welcome Jenna Victoria to Faith in Writing. She has written a guest post for the Musical Wednesdays Feature. Jenna is doing a giveaway of a winning Reader’s choice of audiobook or ebook of Love Among the Lilacs. Leave a comment for a chance to win....
by Elle E. Kay | Jul 31, 2017 | Devotionals, Hymns, Monday Musings
One of the most rewarding things we can do in life is surrender. Wave the white flag. Give up. No, surrender doesn’t make us a coward. It means we’ve finally come to realize that we can’t fix everything. When we reach the end of ourselves and...
by Elle E. Kay | Jul 28, 2017 | Devotionals, Gratitude Fridays
Please welcome Katie Cruice Smith to Faith in Writing. She has written a guest post for the Gratitude Fridays Feature. Thankful for the Manna Two weeks after we arrived home with our newborn, newly-adopted daughter, my husband was asked to have a meeting with the...
by Elle E. Kay | Jul 26, 2017 | Devotionals, Hymns, Musical Wednesdays
Please welcome Catherine Castle to Faith in Writing. She has written a guest post for the Musical Wednesdays Feature. One Day at a Time By Catherine Castle Have you ever been in a place in your life where all you could handle was what was dealt to you one day at a...