Debi Fronczek

Sometimes when life becomes overwhelming, it is easy to falter in our faith.  We ask why?  Yet if we had the answer, we still would not understand because the One who made us has thoughts higher than ours.  This is where trust comes in.  In the wee hours of the night, when we wrestle with our thoughts of doubt, we must encourage ourselves with the promises of God.  We may feel like we are alone, yet God promises never to leave us or forsake us.  When we experience injustice, we must remember that He is a just God.  He is our defender, even when it appears that He is absent. Things are not always as they appear.  FEAR floods our being in the midst of crisis but we must remember that FEAR is only an acronym for False Evidence Appearing Real and faith and fear cannot reside in the same place.  Therefore, choose faith.  Total trust and faith in his wisdom is VERY hard when we are in the midst of turmoil and the outcome is bleak, yet we must ...

Have you ever been through something that you know would make a great story but reliving it in order to write it all down is just too daunting.  The fact that you lived through it once is unbelievable and the thought of writing it all down is just too exhausting. My husband and I have fallen into a ministry of helping needy people.  It wasn't planned and it isn't something that I ever dreamed I would be doing to this extent. I have always been a person who likes to help others. I suppose it comes from being a mom and wanting to fix everything. A song that I often sing in my prayer time that says, "Soften my heart Lord, Soften my heart, From all indifference, Set me apart, To feel your compassion, To weep with your tears, Come soften my heart, O Lord, Soften my heart."  I liked the tune and sang it often but I remember one time when I was singing it that I realized I was no longer just singing a tune but really praying the words.  It was then that my life began to...

Why do bad things happen to good people.  I have been asking myself that question lately.  I have no answer but through hours of prayer and meditation on the Word, I have come to the conclusion that it is simply because we live in a fallen world and as long as we are here, we are going to encounter evil.  No matter what we must endure here, it is nothing compared to an eternity separated from God in hell.  Evil may triumph here and now but it is only temporal.  Jesus won the victory over death and hell when he rose from the grave and those who put their trust in Him alone will have an eternal home in heaven with Him. Our human feelings sometimes get the best of us.  But always ask the question "what is the truth of this situation?"  The truth always comes back to the fact that God is still on the throne.  He loves us and has a good plan for our lives.  He can take what the devil meant for our harm and turn into something wonderful and glori...

For the past two weeks, I have been visiting my daughter and her family in New York.  We had a wonderful time together, but anyone that knows me knows that I can't sit still for very long.  I invent projects just to so I have something to do.  Well, the apple didn't fall far from the tree.  My daughter is a carbon copy of me.  The only difference is that the 23 year between us has slowed me down.  I just look at her "to do" list and get tired.  She lives on an acre of land but she uses every inch of it.  When I visit her, I feel like I am going back to "The Little House on the Prairie." For the past several years, my daughter has been going to college full time, working to support her family of five, as well as keeping up with all the housework and yard work.  Needless to say, only the important things got done.  So d uring this last visit, we dove into the basement to clean it out.  We took two trailer loads to the dump, about se...

I am so excited I can't sleep!  Has that ever happened to you?  Life is just going along and all of a sudden something happens that changes everything!  It all started about a year ago when I became aware of a girl who was a gang member of the Bloods.  I was told that she wanted to leave the gang and change the direction of her life.  When the gang members found out about her plans, they hunted her down like an animal and stabbed her.  My husband and I talked about this girl and prayed for her.  I was happy to simply pray for her and let God take care of her.  I was expressing this to my daughter and she said something that has changed my life completely.  She said, "Maybe God wants to use you to take care of her."  That thought hadn't crossed my mind.  It's amazing who and what God uses to get our attention.  To make a long story short - I drove from GA to NY and picked up this girl when she got out of the hospital (she was ho...

For the past few evenings, we have been getting some much needed rain.  But along with the rain, has been wind, thunder and lightening.  During times like this, I love to curl up with a good book in the safety and comfort of my home while the storm rages outside.  Tonight, we had another thunderstorm and my grandson, who is visiting, made a comment about how bad the storm was outside but inside he felt safe.  It caused me to reflect the believers relationship with Christ.  The same way, my grandson and I felt safe in the house during the storm outside, we are safe in the hand of God during the storms of life.    When we walk with the Lord, we have nothing to fear.  He has created everything and He is still on the throne.  Nothing comes into our lives that does not first go through his hands.  He may allow us to go through a few storms in our life but it is only for our benefit.  If life was easy sailing from birth until death, we wo...

I once heard the statement "If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything."  At the time I thought 'that's a good statement'  and tucked it away in my arsenal of interesting quotes.  It wasn't until I was faced with a really tough situation that required me to make a stand one way or the other  that I realized how true this statement really is.  In our circle of friends and family, we can all name a few people who, because of our relationship, we let wrongdoing or bad behavior slip by without calling it what it is - sin.   I do not like conflict so I avoid taking a stand that I know will cause someone else not to like me or to be mad at me. I highly value my relationships with my friends and family.  When I am in a lot of turmoil and troubled, the only place I know I will find comfort and an answer is by reading the Bible and praying.  As I was praying over this particular situation, God spoke into my heart in that still small voice...