by Vickie Petz | Feb 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Losing the fight Sometimes I get away with rehearsing words I’ll never say, but not lately. God got in my face and wouldn’t leave me alone. Every time temptation threatened to snag me into the hands of the enemy, the Word blocked me. In the battle between...
by Vickie Petz | Feb 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
In my world, it’s mid-fairy tale. You know, the birds were singing, the sun was shining,,. then evil entered and spoiled it all, until … Well that’s the problem, I’m living between Satan’s destruction and God’s redemption. And the sober truth is that I...
by Vickie Petz | Feb 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Is there a place you struggle to find hope? Lost hope is cold and so lonely it smells like defeat. It’s a dark place where tendrils of hopelessness shackle your ankles to the basement floor.That place sounds familiar to me from not so long ago, but...
by Vickie Petz | Jan 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Looking at my hands with wonder, I am awed at all the new life I held in them. Every one of those lives matter, but one short life changed mine forever. The specialists said he wouldn’t live, but he lived long enough. Long enough to fulfill his purpose, because we all...
by Vickie Petz | Jan 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last week, I walked behind a little boy holding his mother’s hand. His feet stumbled over and over, but mom’s tight grip kept him from falling. He was plenty capable of walking, yet he tripped because he couldn’t take his eyes off of me. I suppose my...
by Vickie Petz | Jan 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Snow covered the field and boots covered my deck. Lots of boots and double the number of gloves. My kitchen was a mess hall. Literally. The levee behind my pond was THE place to sled on those rare days in Arkansas when white stuff coats the hill. Back in those...
