Diane Goetz

Our life journey is a lot like a train ride. Sometimes plugging away at a steady pace, sometimes hurtling along at breakneck speed, and sometimes coming to a dead stop. Steam locomotives pulled trains on tracks that were laid by workers long before the train was scheduled to start its journey. The tracks were laid,…

Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. Hebrews 10:23 This was the verse that the Lord laid on my heart for 2023. I didn’t know what was in store for me, but He obviously did. My year started out, as they all…

Let every heart…prepare Him room. It’s such a familiar phrase. When we are expecting guests, we prepare for them. We clean up the house, we shop for food and drinks to share, we decorate for the occasion. We want everything to look, and be perfect for their arrival. Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think…

Jesus changes everything. It sounds cliche, but there is such truth in these words. In 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 Paul talks about the old covenant and the new covenant. The old covenant was based on laws that were etched in stone. The old covenant was structured to bring glory to God through obedience to the law.…

When God asks me to do something, one of two things usually gets in the way. Regrets from the past, or fear of the future. In Exodus chapter 3 God appeared to Moses in a burning bush that was engulfed in flames but didn’t burn up. It was amazing, he had to go take a…

My sister and I are not alike. We were raised in the same house, by the same parents, yet our personalities are distinct. There are definitely similarities, but we lead different lives and react differently to life events. Mary and Martha were sisters with different personalities too. In John 11:1-44 we read the story of…

You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Isaiah 26:3 When life does not feel peaceful, where do I choose to fix my thoughts? When life feels like a hurricane, where have I attached my lifeline? Who, or what, is on the other end? When…

Have you met my friend, Naomi? Naomi has not had an easy life. After her husband died, and then later her two sons died as well, she decided to return to her homeland. Her sons’ widows, Orpah and Ruth, prepared to go with her. But Naomi replied, “Why should you go on with me? Can…

I went away to spend a weekend with Jesus, and he met me there. No power in the sky above or in the earth below – indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39 Friday night…

He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.” Matthew 9:37-38 There are many steps leading up to a harvest of good fruit. Prepare the soil, plant the seed…