December 21st, 2013 
dsisler Let me tell you a story. It’s a legend actually, from Mexico. It is one that is told over and over, especially at this time of year and it is about the poinsettia. In this legend, a poor girl names Pepita wanted to take a gift to the Christ child. But she had nothing […]
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Tags: Mexican legend, Romans 12:2, The Poinsettia, transformation 
No Comments » December 20th, 2013 dsisler I write a lot about how we are to live. Probably because it’s difficult to live up to God’s expectations. And it’s not just for you, my reader. My writings on living-the-right-kind-of-life are for me as well. We all fall short in this area, but I find that when encouraged (and of course allowing God’s […]
Posted in Accept, Ask, Follow, Hear, Know, Obey, Praise, Remember, Seek, Serve, Share, Thank, Trust Tags: 2 Timothy 2:14-17, 2 Timothy 2:20-21, Acts 17:11, How Are You Living?, James 1:22, living for God, Philippians 4:8, Proverbs 12:4, Psalm 45:1 No Comments » December 17th, 2013 dsisler It’s so interesting to me how God’s Word speaks to people in different ways. How a passage of Scripture seems to be directed at one specific person and then in another verse it speaks to a different person. Sometimes the passage seems relevant to my life while other times I pass over it without much […]
Posted in Ask, Believe, Experience, Find, Hear, Know, Love, Obey, Praise, Remember, Seek, Share, Thank, Trust Tags: By the Sea, Mark 3:21, Matthew 12, Matthew 13, Matthew 13:1, the parables of Jesus No Comments » December 13th, 2013 dsisler Just in the past few days, one of my online “friends” posted that she was fat. Now I’ve only seen pictures of her, but physically she is not fat, so I was intrigued. She went on to quote a verse of Scripture about being fat because she trusted in the Lord. What a great […]
Posted in Know, Love, Obey, Praise, Proclaim, Seek, Serve, Share, Thank, Trust Tags: fat in God's goodness, Oh, Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 15:30, Proverbs 28:25, Psalm 92:13-15, to be Fat! No Comments » December 6th, 2013 dsisler I cooked a lot over the Thanksgiving holiday. It seemed like I was in the kitchen cooking or cleaning constantly. Of course I had a house full of people every day, so it was only natural that this was part of the hostessing. Every day I would say, “I’m not going to cook tomorrow.” […]
Posted in Follow, Know, Obey, Please, Seek, Trust Tags: choosing what is better, Luke 10:38-41, Mary and Martha, The Hostess with the Mostess 2 Comments »
