This (last) weekend, I was in Marshall, Texas, emceeing this year's 2009 Miss ETBU Pageant. We had a grrreat time!Meeting all the contestants and their families and getting to hang-out with them brought laughter to my heart! :) ..... this reminds me of a couple of verses in Proverbs: A happy heart makes the face [...]

This morning, I was reading a newspaper article that some friends in Arlington emailed me. It was about a traffic crash...in fact, its title was "The vast aftermath of one alcohol-fueled crash in Arlington."One of the lines finished with these words, "...unaware of what was about to happen." That's how it is with all of [...]

Sometimes, when we have to step out into the unknown of life - the place where we don't know what to expect or what to watch for - we can definitely experience, what I lovingly refer to as, some stretchmarks of the faith! Corrie ten Boom often quoted this truth, by M.L.Haskins, in times like these:I [...]

Earlier, I was thinking of George Beverly Shea and one of the "hymns of the faith" that he and Miller penned years ago - I'd Rather Have Jesus.The first verse says this: I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold,                                   I'd rather be His than have riches untold;                                   I'd rather have Jesus than houses or land,                                   [...]

As life goes on day-by-day, there are more and more things that cross our paths and throw us off-track...things/people/situations that knock our focus off the point of what's important and what matters.May we run the race God has marked out for us with perseverance and stick-with-it-ness to His decrees, His ways...Search out this verse and [...]

When times are tough and your heart is heavy, trust the Artist of your soul to carry you safely through the storm.Soak in this Truth: He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart... (Is. 40:11).

        'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance..  We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done.  We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor [...]

You can call me Post Patti!"Why?", you ask. "What do you mean?" Well, recently, I've delivered (via my hands, as well as the USPS) a dear-to-my-heart interview to several different radio stations for air-play.This particular interview means so much to me because it focuses on one of the legacies of my life: Corrie ten Boom. I was [...]

WOW, check this out! Many times, if not most times, when something is going wrong in our lives, we tend to turn to Self...What can I do to fix this? How can I make this problem go away?   Uhmmm...and God, in His great mercy (which endures forever), says to us ... (here are some different translations of [...]

Oswald Chambers said, As servants of God, we must learn to make room for Him - to give God "elbow room."How true! We've got to learn to "let" God out of the box! His thoughts are not our thoughts; His ways are not our ways (Is. 55).Watch and pray with expectancy.