by Darlene Schacht | Apr 5, 2021 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
I remember a few years back, more like several years ago now, my friend called to say that the teacher forgot to tell me to look in Nathaniel’s backpack. I wish she would have told me not to look in the back pack. Don’t look, wrap it in packing tape,...
by Darlene Schacht | Apr 4, 2021 | Scattered Seeds
It’s a sad fact that some believers are ashamed of the gospel. Some have dimmed their lights. Some veer away from the topic of repentance. In doing so, they soften the salvation message and the price that was paid on the cross. Sometimes the truth is a bit hard...
by Darlene Schacht | Apr 1, 2021 | Scattered Seeds
The word pride could well be described in three words: me, myself, and I. It’s an attitude of elevation that puts us above others. It’s thinking more of ourselves than we should. On the flip side of pride is humility. C.S. Lewis summed it up well when he wrote,...
by Darlene Schacht | Mar 31, 2021 | Scattered Seeds
There’s a popular mindset both inside and outside of the church that says, “God just wants us to be happy.” But the fact is, God wants us to be holy. What does it mean to be holy? It means to be set apart from the world by the way that we live. It means that...
by Darlene Schacht | Mar 31, 2021 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
Anytime I’m working on a new book, a new Bible study, a new idea for Time-Warp Wife, or even just an article like this one, I get the same little voice telling me that I can’t. “You couldn’t possibly know what to write,” it says....
by Darlene Schacht | Mar 29, 2021 | Scattered Seeds
Drawn from my archives The other day we got to talking about the crazy and unfortunate state of our world right now. All I could think of were those four little-yet-powerful words, “This too shall pass.” I wasn’t sure where I had heard that phrase...
