This world, oh this world. In this world we are mocked. We are called narrow minded. We are called ignorant. We are despised. We have chosen to follow Christ and His teachings and for that we are exposed to the hatred of those who do not understand. We have chosen to model our lives by … Continue reading They Hated Me First
Abram's story is one of my favorites. On one side, he amazes me with how he was usually so quick to obey whenever God spoke. On the other side he makes me feel a lot better about myself, trying to bring about God plan in his own way. One of the earliest mentions of Abram … Continue reading Go
I've noticed a disturbing trend. Our country is currently fighting battles with nature on many fronts, be it forest fires in the west, or hurricanes in the east. I've heard too many people say that God brought it to pass or even "allowed" it to teach us something. This is a comment on a Facebook … Continue reading God is Good but He’s Not In Control
I heard something today that resonated with me... "Having knowledge does not equal having faith." 2 Timothy 3:7 tells us that there are those who are "always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." You can know about salvation, healing, provision, and the myriad of other promises that God has given … Continue reading Knowledge ≠ Faith
My chains are gone, I’ve been set free. My God, My Savior has ransomed me. And like a flood His mercy rains. Unending love, amazing grace. — © 2006 worshiptogether.com songs, sixsteps Music, Vamos Publishing / Artist: Chris Tomlin I am not a person given to visions or vivid dreams but as I was leading worship … Continue reading Made to Soar
My fever. My high blood pressure. My cancer. My poverty. My lack. My, my, my. If you want to claim that stuff, go ahead. But I'm certainly not going to! If we could just understand how important our words are. Jesus said in Mark 11:23-24 "For assuredly I say unto you, whoever says to this … Continue reading Use Your Words
Choices. We often think that our choices have no bearing or affect on other people. That our choices only affect ourselves. That is so far from the truth. I was talking with my daughter the other day about how important our choices are. We talked about the story in 1 Samuel 15 in which Saul … Continue reading Choices
It's sad when you have to visit your own blog to remember the last time you posted. This year has been one long battle of the mind. In some of my previous blogs I have written about the loss of our baby girl in July 2013. Well, in January 2014 we found out we were … Continue reading Take it to Heart
On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so … Continue reading If Jesus Can Sleep, You Can Too!
This week marks my 16th week of pregnancy. Little Bean is growing right on schedule for his or her September 11th due date. I have found it hard through this pregnancy not to think back to last summer when at 16 weeks we found out the little girl we were expecting had died a week … Continue reading Bent, Not Broken
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