by Darlene Schacht | Feb 16, 2021 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
I started reading Acts this week, and when I got to the part where the 11 apostles chose a replacement for Judas, I got to thinking about Paul, a man who was late to the game. Paul was different from the other apostles. Not only was he absent from the early church, he...
by Darlene Schacht | Feb 15, 2021 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
Do you know what’s interesting about trials? They’re not so much what we think. They aren’t here to break us or to make our lives miserable. They come for the purpose of testing our faith. In other words, they show us where we’re at, and in...
by Darlene Schacht | Feb 14, 2021 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
Today’s Scattered Seeds Nearing the end of my journey through The Book of Joshua, I came to chapter 22 where the Eastern tribes return home. You see, not all of the Israelites went on to live in the Promised Land West of the Jordan River. Two and a half of those...
by Darlene Schacht | Feb 11, 2021 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
In Ruth Chapter one, we come upon the story of a woman, a prodigal woman of sorts. Naomi was blessed with a husband and two sons, but as the Bible tells us there was a famine in the land of Bethlehem, and so she and her family left their people behind to live in the...
by Darlene Schacht | Feb 9, 2021 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
I grew up in the shadow of my sister, which is kind of funny, because she’s too short to cast much of a shadow. Even so, when it came to personality, she was the star of the show–literally. She played the role of Oliver in our high school musical, and all...
by Darlene Schacht | Feb 7, 2021 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
I’ve been in the book of Joshua this week. There’s so much to learn there, and so much to apply to my life as I see God working in and through His people to conquer the battles they face. I’m reminded of Numbers chapter 13 when the 12 spies went in...
