I’ve been doing some journaling and reflecting lately. It’s kind of what you do at the end of one year and the beginning of a new one. God’s been very good to us over the last year. Things have been hard, but He’s been faithful. Now as I look forward I wonder what He has […]
Why Keep Going?
I don’t know about you, but there can be days where one does not really feel up to trying. Trying to be good and kind. Trying to be loving and forgiving. Trying to chase dreams and callings. Trying to give of yourself just one more drop of patience. You just sort of feel like throwing […]
Never to Late, Never to Far, Never Beyond God’s Arms.
Do you feel you are to far from God’s Grace? Many feel their sin is just to big, or maybe that it has just been to long, they are who they are now and that simply can’t be changed. Is it true? What are the limits to God’s Grace? There is a parable that Jesus […]
New and Old Wine and Wineskins
Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus answered […]
Testify to Grace
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. Has the LORD redeemed you? Then speak out! Psalm 107:1-2a We’ve all messed up. It’s one of those universal facts of life. We’ve had moments, or even whole seasons, in life in which looking back on we can only say that […]
Becoming trapped by my own mind.
It can be surprising just who I can relate to in the Bible. Sometimes you’re reading along through all these stories and chronicles and all of a sudden something hits you. It’s not like you haven’t read the story before, but you just had never seen that side of it. The Bible is so multifaceted […]
Never Leaves you Crushed.
I’ve been reading in Jeremiah lately, and for days I felt discouraged by the doom and gloom as Jeremiah prophesied Judah’s destruction. Their sins were many, they had sacrificed their children to Baal, something that God condemns again and again as completely detestable to Him. Other prophets come in and paint pretty pictures of God’s […]
A Calling To Praise
I’m a worshiper. I’ve described myself as such for as long as I can remember. I remember as a child hearing how other little girls would picture themselves sitting in God’s lap, but I never did, I always pictured myself dancing at His feet. So, this, is how I’ve always identified myself, this was, and […]
The Honor in Giving out of Poverty
My thoughts this morning turned towards the concepts of tithing, and giving to the poor. It can be a difficult subject matter because many people can feel like the “church” or other organization is “shaming” you into giving. But what if you don’t have the finances to really give much? My mind went to the […]