by Shelia Shook | Jul 30, 2025 | Be Inspired, Embrace Life, Learn to Cope
What’s growing in your heart that you didn’t plant? Isaiah 55:13 – “Instead of the thorn bush the cypress will come up, and instead of the nettle the myrtle will come up.” I stood behind the fence at the edge of the garden and studied the weeds filling the soil,...
by Shelia Shook | Jul 1, 2025 | Learn to Cope
What kind of things do you wonder? I’m working in VBS this year, leading the Bible study and it’s been a while since I worked with children. They can be unpredictable and outspoken. What if they ask a question I can’t answer? I was nervous, anxious. Oddly, I needed...
by Shelia Shook | Feb 1, 2025 | Be Inspired
Faith in God requires more than just one lesson. Have you ever shortchanged God with your faith? Let me share a story. The devil wanted to steal not only my joy, but my trust in God’s plan. A few weeks ago on the eve of an arctic vortex, I was staying with family...
by Shelia Shook | Sep 24, 2024 | Be Inspired
Childhood Memories and a Simple Song When I was a little girl in Sunday School, we sang: “He’s got the whole world in His hands,He’s got the whole wide world in His hands,He’s got the whole world in His hands,He’s got the whole world in His hands.” That was...
by Shelia Shook | Mar 31, 2024 | Be Inspired
Church service was inspiring— thought-provoking. The message was a little different than the usual Easter themed sermon. It was more, “What is my witness? What is my story? If someone asked me what gives me hope; why do I trust and believe in God; why am I not like...
