Until I was around 50 years old, I experienced severe nearsightedness. My parents noticed the problem when I struggled to read the chalkboard in first grade, leading to my first pair of glasses. Almost every year after that, I needed a stronger prescription. Over time, I learned to use landmarks for navigation since I couldn’t […]
Deception
Some Gardens God Invites Us to Enter Aren’t Pleasant
![Some gardens God invites us to enter may not be pleasant. Sometimes, we have to fight our battles in solitary Gethsemanes.](https://www.katherinewalden.com/wp-content/uploads/Our-GARDENS-OF-GETHSEMANE-wp-710x335.png)
Years ago, I was drawn to a young man who worked at a large church. He was involved in various departments, and his tasks gave him a modest social media presence – this was during the early days of what we now know as social media. I was excited when he started his own ministry. […]
Lord, Help Me Be Kind When I Don’t Want To!
![Be kind! Especially when everything in you screams to react in anger, be kind. Ask yourself, what is lying behind that internal outrage?](https://www.katherinewalden.com/wp-content/uploads/Be-Kind-WP-710x335.png)
Years ago, while helping to lead a children’s outreach with Youth With a Mission, I learned a children’s chorus based on Ephesians 4:31-32 (KJV). “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, […]
Passivity is not the Path to Lasting Peace
![When we allow the enemy to bully us into accepting his fetters of passivity, we are rendered ineffective both in Heaven and on Earth.](https://www.katherinewalden.com/wp-content/uploads/Passivity-Ball-and-Chain-710x335.jpg)
Some people believe that passivity is the route to peace. For too many years, I was one of those people. I thought that if I remained on neutral ground, I would be out of the range of fire. If I kept the status quo, things would work out in the end – or so I […]
Measure Twice, Cut Once
![Hebrews 13:8 Jesus is our plumb line](https://www.katherinewalden.com/wp-content/uploads/hebrews138yesterdaytoday-710x335.png)
You’ll never get an accurate cut by measuring one cut board against the next. Using a template and a straight edge is your best course of action. Or go old school and use a plumb line. Video Transcript (Raw and Unedited) Hi there and welcome back to Daily Bible Promises with a Twist. And today, […]