Desiree Talbert

Once, while I was at the Snyders’ home, I heard one of them say a sentence I would later hear repeated often: People are more important than things. That one small sentence summarizes many Scriptural principles about love for others and many warnings about greed and pride. I’ve since used it to encourage my children about how to love others more…

Have you ever had one of those terrible nights when all of the problems of the days, weeks, or years came crashing down on you, and you felt trapped, pressed down in your bed by difficulty, unable to sleep because of the troubling thoughts that keep swirling around in your mind? Blessed with a sleep disorder, I don’t have these…

When I think about my life before I became a Christian, there really is one refrain that sums it up best, and it comes in the form of the famous lyrics of the Rolling Stones: “I can’t get no satisfaction I can’t get no satisfaction ‘Cause I try and I try and I try and I try….” This is a…

Have you ever felt hurt and upset by something someone said to you? How many days, weeks, or months (or years) did those words haunt you? Did you try to find a way to stop these words from creeping into your thoughts? What did you think would mend the relationship or bring relief? We face this situation all the time….

Here is another excellent post from Desiree. She sent me a couple different devotional posts and frankly, this one was helpful for me this morning. So I am sharing it. Paul and I were just discussing prayer and we both agreed that it seems easier to do physical work than to do the work of praying. As if God is…