by Elizabeth Hamilton | Oct 19, 2020 | Devotional
Lately, I have been haunted by a question. “Is it enough?” I’m watching loved ones fall away, people change, principles change, and positions change. I am grieved, and this question keeps popping up, “Is it enough?” Or sometimes, as I see someone walk away, a...
by Elizabeth Hamilton | Oct 12, 2020 | Devotional
When my husband, Todd, was almost two years old in 1970, his baby brother Brent was born. When Brent was six weeks old, my mother-in-law noticed that something was wrong with him. He did not want to eat and did not act right. My in-laws took him to the doctor who...
by Elizabeth Hamilton | Oct 5, 2020 | Devotional
My burden was great. It seemed like, once again, the battle would be lost. Someone was on my heart, and I had fought for their soul. Things were looking dismal. It was a Saturday in October, two years ago, as I sat in the empty hall of the school where my husband...
by Elizabeth Hamilton | Sep 28, 2020 | Devotional
One of my children went through a super-conscientious phase in adolescence. Instead of freedom, this conscientiousness was used by the enemy to put him in bondage. I would say, “I love you.” And he would respond with, “Uh, I don’t know if I love you or not.” ...
by Elizabeth Hamilton | Sep 21, 2020 | Child Evangelism, Devotional
“Slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.” II Kings 4:24 In a recent blog post, I was attempting to get back to ideas for children’s ministry. I had received a text from one of my nieces Constance asking for ideas for her young teenage daughter...
by Elizabeth Hamilton | Sep 14, 2020 | Devotional
My denomination is really just an association of seven churches. We are a tight bunch. Really, we are family! So, it was disturbing to me when I woke up and realized that my daughter Abigail did not feel those family feelings. These had been “our people” even...
