"If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you'll be at rest."--Corrie ten Boom Dutch watchmaker Corrie ten Boom, with her courageous, God-fearing family, sheltered Jews from the Nazis during World War II. This led to her arrest and suffering in… Continue reading Book Review: God Is My Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
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Balm for the Anxious Heart
Do you feel like the earth is giving way? Like everything we know is either interrupted or about to be? Does that make you as anxious as it makes me? If so, then keep reading. Psalm 46 blessed my heart and I pray it blesses yours. "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore… Continue reading Balm for the Anxious Heart
Words to Live by in 2021
I wrote this for my newsletter last week and felt led to share it here as well. I hope it encourages you. Are you familiar with the practice of taking on a word for the year? It seems to be an updated version of making New Year's Resolutions.The idea is to prayerfully consider a single… Continue reading Words to Live by in 2021
Surviving the Quarantine with a Reading Challenge and Scavenger Hunt
This post is exactly what the title says it is. 🙂 I'm bringing you a new reading challenge and scavenger hunt while you're being quarantined. I'm also going live Mon-Fri in my Facebook group, Tea Time with A.M. Heath. So if you're looking for someone to fellowship with outside of your home, plan to meet… Continue reading Surviving the Quarantine with a Reading Challenge and Scavenger Hunt
Standing Before the Burning Bush: And The Aftermath
I was talking with a friend and her circumstances made me reference this blog post. And that's when it hit me: not only is this message easy to relate to and worthy of repeating, but I'm also standing on the other side of it now. So I wanted to take the time to re-share a… Continue reading Standing Before the Burning Bush: And The Aftermath
God Doesn’t Hand Out Crutches
What is a spiritual crutch? A spiritual crutch is anything you turn to for comfort, for peace, or for security. Looking at that basic definition, we may not be quick to say that we use spiritual crutches. By that definition, these crutches sound an awful lot like a false god and we know better than to… Continue reading God Doesn’t Hand Out Crutches
My Testimony
I'll be celebrating a birthday this month, so I like to take time each year to share another special birthday: my conversion story. I attended a church program when I was seventeen. At the end of that program, I believed that God was dealing with my heart so I walked down the aisle, spoke with… Continue reading My Testimony
Nothing New Under the Sun: Salvation
I'm resurrecting an older post with a timeless message. I pray it blesses your heart. I had the pleasure of reading Growing up in the 1850s: The Journal of Agnes Lee. You may not be familiar with Agnes, but surely you’ve heard of her father, Robert E. Lee. The journal was an interesting blend of daily… Continue reading Nothing New Under the Sun: Salvation
Book Review: I Will Not Fear by Melba Pattillo Beals
In 1957, Melba Beals was one of the nine African American students chosen to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. But her story of overcoming didn't start--or end--there. While her white schoolmates were planning their senior prom, Melba was facing the business end of a double-barreled shotgun, being threatened with lynching by rope-carrying… Continue reading Book Review: I Will Not Fear by Melba Pattillo Beals
GIVEAWAY and Review: Whole Heart CD by Passion
About Album • Info about Passion • “Rooted out of the Passion movement, we are committed to leading people towards renewed intimacy with God and fresh encounters of worship. Passion is more than music. More than events. Passion is a generation living for His name.” • WHOLE HEART is the new live album from Passion—captured… Continue reading GIVEAWAY and Review: Whole Heart CD by Passion