If you’re familiar with the Holy Spirit, you know how He convicts people of wrong behaviors. A friend of mine calls this uncomfortable awareness, “That stabby feeling.” I got an annoying case of the ‘stabbies’ late last month and have been wrestling with it ever since. It started with borrowing my teen son’s bible. I opened his bible randomly and read aloud this verse in Isaiah 32:9. “You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say!”   I immediately got the stabby feeling and wasn’t sure why. Was God trying to tell me something?  Was I being…

April 30, 2017 · Updated May 3rd, 2020 I went to church today with the six youngest children in tow. The pastor preached about Hebrews chapter 11, which is the “Who’s Who” of faithful people in the Bible.  Every verse starts with the same phrase “By faith…” By faith Noah built the ark, by faith Abraham offered Isaac, by faith Sarah had a baby in her old age, by faith the prostitute Rahab was not killed because she hid spies. There are many people mentioned, and their names are still remembered long after their deaths – because of their faith.The pastor said if our faith was sagging or lagging – we should read…