by Teresa Shields Parker | Jul 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Is God listening to us when He doesn’t answer our prayers like we want? Many times we talk to God by what we are calling prayer. However, here’s what we do. We tell God what we want Him to do. When it doesn’t happen like we want it to happen, we wonder if He is really... by Teresa Shields Parker | Jul 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
How do we know if we really trust Jesus or not? He’s the member of the Trinity who is most like us because He knows what it’s like to live as a human. If we have a trust issue with Jesus, it will affect our relationship with those we love. Several years ago, I felt... by Teresa Shields Parker | Apr 8, 2023 | Blog, Family, Inspiration, True Stories, Uncategorized
It’s Easter Sunday morning. I am lying curled up next to my husband, his arm around me. These are the type of mornings I ache to be writing. Writing is my drug, as they say. These days, though, lying next to my husband is better than any drug. Perhaps he is my drug of... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Feb 1, 2023 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
What disappoints you? Is it yourself? Is it circumstances you think you shouldn’t have to go through? Is what you think God should have done for you think He didn’t? Is it other people giving up on fulfilling their potential? When it comes to our personal failures and... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Jan 28, 2023 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, Purpose, Uncategorized
King David asked God a question I’ve asked myself many times. “Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise Him again—my Savior and my God!” (Psalms 42:11 NLT). That’s what we should do, but many times we don’t. The word... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Jan 12, 2023 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, Poetry, Purpose, sweet freedom, Uncategorized
Shades of blacks and whites Long black angry shadows Hiding fears, mistrusts, and shame And white as far as the eye can see. Nothingness. I wear my despair in monotone. No cure for my sickness. No help to pull me out of lifelessness. No desire to climb to freedom....