Delores Liesner
Activating Faith in everyday life
Category: Mind
Suicide, My Friend?
Suicide, my friend, you’re calling me again. So began a poem I wrote at 15. The escape of abuse and what sounded like an ultimate revenge on my abusers, was often on my mind. I think subconsciously I knew those thoughts came from the… Continue Reading “Suicide, My Friend?”
Esther’s Choices in Captivity
Esther is in captivity, but she still has choices. Though she was captured–bodily taken–yet her spirit apparently had not been overtaken. Along with many other young women, Esther is in custody of the keeper of the women. Verse 9 says she won… Continue Reading “Esther’s Choices in Captivity”
Walking through the Valley?
It all started with a Mayan proverb: When you face the sun, the shadows fall behind you. It’s on a mug I bought on Pottery Highway in North Carolina. The artist and I discussed how that truth is even more meaningful in light… Continue Reading “Walking through the Valley?”
Agape Love for Myself
Natural love for myself, constantly uses the “I” word – especially in disagreements. Natural love for myself says it is better to ask forgiveness than permission. Natural love made Eve make “I want” her priority to the detriment of all present and future relationships.… Continue Reading “Agape Love for Myself”
ALL – An Impossible Challenge?
I’ve been pondering on that little word ALL since the last post. It is a powerful to a covenant my husband and I made before we married. I’d been raised surrounded with negative and abusive words and thoughts and I wanted to be free… Continue Reading “ALL – An Impossible Challenge?”
Singleness of Vision
An interesting thing has been happening since I began my year with a “single resolution” to live expectantly, watching God work in me and in my life…. Many daily readings and devotionals seem focused on that one thing Today’s verse is “Now,… Continue Reading “Singleness of Vision”
Why Many Christians Are Still Grieving After The Election
A recent blog encouraged believers to quit grieving, and quoted the Bible verse to give to Caesar (the government) what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God. That is exactly why I grieve. That the people of America, including so many… Continue Reading “Why Many Christians Are Still Grieving After The Election”
Is This All There Is?
Sometimes I let emotions control my feelings instead of facts and I feel down, down, down. The facts are the only thing that is eternal – God’s Word. When I look anywhere else my nature feels hopeless because without the Word I look at… Continue Reading “Is This All There Is?”
In Christ I AM #19 – Finding Hidden Wealth in My Name
Each Easter I am reminded of God’s personal love when people refer to the Via Dolorosa – the way of suffering. My name, Delores comes from this word and means many sorrows. In Spanish class the kids loved to translate my name from dolor… Continue Reading “In Christ I AM #19 – Finding Hidden Wealth in My Name”
Be the Miracle! – with journaling pages
Delores Liesner: Author
American Christian Fiction Writers Association
Delores Liesner 