Sharing Doris Stensland writings regarding New Years. One for today “Prayer for the New Year”: PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR O Lord, my God….. Were I a lady Solomon with any wish to choose, Before the new year just ahead I’d make this one request, ‘HELP ME TO LEAN.’ I stand upon this […]
On the Back Step
I Heard My Name
Many years ago when in bible study, I was SO excited when reading Isaiah 43, particularly that God called me by name! I HEARD MY NAME God’s advances could not penetrate The shell around my heart, Till he placed in his bow Isaiah forty-three And aimed each verse at me. “I have called you by […]
Old Testament Women
Doris led a bible study this summer about Women in the Old Testament. She used her writings about these women in Old Testament: Eve, Rachel, Naomi, Hannah, Abigail, The Shunammite Woman and Esther. JUST LIKE YOU (about Eve) Once I was flesh and blood like you. I made a man’s heart skip a beat, […]
Conversations With Eve (from “On The Back Step”) by Doris Stensland
JUST LIKE YOU Once I was flesh and blood like you. I made a man’s heart skip a beat, Held babies on my knee. Knew joy and sorrow, heartache and regret. I blazed the trail of womanhood as wife and mother, grandma too. I lived and breathed and laughed and cried. I was a real […]