When God Repeats

Every teacher knows the value of repetition – of repeating something important so that her students will remember it well. The same thing is true when God wants to teach us something important. He repeats it. One example occurs in the book of Psalms in the Bible. The...

Tweaking Our Desires [Inspiration]

Forty plus years ago, I became a professional freelance writer. Throughout the years, my work has been published in various magazines and my current book series is becoming a best-seller in the Christian market. Since my byline is RJ Thesman, people don’t always...

Watch Out for Stress

Most of us know when we are stressed-out. We feel overwhelmed and tense or we have a great desire to just run away – anywhere! Sometimes stress manifests in our bodies with tense shoulder muscles, headaches or digestive ailments. Did you know that insomnia or the...

How To Wake Up

We might wonder what King David was thinking when he wrote these words, “Awake my glory, my inner self” (Psalm 57:8). Was he worrying about how to escape from King Saul without losing any more men? Or maybe he wondered why it was taking so long to claim...

A Riveting Question

Recently, God spoke to me, and I shared it with a friend. My friend asked, “So what might be God’s invitation to you?” The riveting question haunted me, so the next morning, I read Psalm 42. As I meditated, I asked myself the question, “What is God inviting me to?” I...