Author: Diane Smith
Encouraging Moments Christmas Card!
This is my Encouraging Moments for You Christmas card! There’s a second part of it, sort of like a letter inside. That will come next…
Are You the One or Part of the Ninety-Nine?
I didn’t have an urgent need as I started journaling to the Lord on this day. It was during summer break after my first year…
Blocking Me from My Goal
I was in my first year of teaching and at this time I had one of my first challenging students! My student teaching assignments were…
We are Safe with Him
We all have times in our life when we just feel like junk. We recognize our selfishness or pride or any other sin we may…
They All Need His Touch
My first teaching position was as a substitute for Tacoma Public Schools. I did that for about five months and then I was offered a…
The Daily Plan
Almost every day I have a plan. I check what has already been entered into my calendar, I make a daily list, and I try…
You Stay
From the Journal . . . . July 1997 Lord, I was down last night. We went to the baseball game with the youth group….
God Gives the Power
When I was in junior high, I didn’t have a personal relationship with Jesus, yet I believed in God and mostly did the right things….
He Who is Coming Will Come
This entry was written over thirty years ago. As it pertains to God’s response to me, the specific details aren’t important. They were at the…
Like Spokes on a Wagon Wheel
I was reading in Oswald Chambers’ devotional, My Utmost for His Highest.* He titled the chapter, “The Explanation for Our Difficulties,” and referenced John 17:21….