Need Your Input Please!

I've been pondering something and really want your ideas. Of the 9 disciples listed as the  Fruit of the Holy Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, self control), what attribute or "category" would you say THANKFULNESS, practicing an attitude of gratitude, best reflects? Why? Thanks. Just doing so thinking on my current book and looking for your thoughts. :)

The Battle Belongs to the Lord!

I just shared several significant challenges and the spiritual warfare that seems to be tied to the finishing up of this manuscript, over on the Stroke of Grace website. If you are praying with me concerning this project, please read http://strokeofgrace.blogspot.com/2013/03/boots.html !

Harvesting Hope, the Book

I have been doing most of my recent updating (at least a couple of fresh posts per week) over at Stroke of Grace and am currently undergoing multiple doctors or therapy appointments per week. Though I have been overwhelmingly busy, I haven't forgotten you. 

Jennifer Saake, following one of several surgeries in 2012.

I do intend to get back to more consistent posting here soon, to keep you updated on future publishing progress. As I finish these very few last devotionals (thanks for your prayers!) and start talking with publishers (again, thank you for bathing this process in prayer!), I had to take a moment to say how terribly excited I am about this upcoming book. I pray you will be as blessed and challenged by these devotionals as I have been through the writing!

 

While my updates here remain so sporadic, please come check out my Pintrest boards for pictures like this, especially those on the fruit of the Spirit and Harvesting Hope. You might also like my pins on Spiritual Warfare, my more general one of Words, my stroke board, or any of several others. If you are on Pintrest, please leave your address in these comments or friend me there. I would love to connect with you!

Dying to Self

I love these thoughts on death to Self (and all that is not love) from a lady named Jennifer, self-described as an atheist-to-Christian convert.

Choosing Joy

One of my favorite explanations of the work of the Holy Spirit is this one about God's sufficient grace and his steady work, quietly, like the changing of seasons.