A while ago my pastor compared God’s love and obsession over us to that of an expectant parent. The thought caught my mind and imagination. Think about it! Even before time began, He lovingly created a place for us to exist. He planted a garden with good food to eat, and made a world, vast […]
Lifting Him Up, Because He Was Lifted Up!
I talk quite a bit about the life God calls us to. A life of radical love for people and of an obsession and focus placed on Christ’s face. A life that isn’t easy but so very worth it. Sometimes when looking at this kind of life we are inspired and discouraged at the same […]
Where a Bubble Goes
Where a Bubble Goes A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ I wonder where a bubble goes When it pops and dies. Does it go to a bubble heaven Hidden in the skies? Where it will never pop again, But flies and flies and flies. ~ A vapors breath is all it has In its […]
Saint Patrick: Out of Slavery and Into Love
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! It’s not one of my most celebrated holidays, but I enjoy Saint Patrick’s Day. When I was a child the day meant dodging a certain friend of mine, as I had nothing green to wear and she enjoyed the hunt of pinching anyone who lacked the color. I suppose that might […]
Fruit in Action
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 I like to joke about my name when reading this verse, “Look! ‘Joy!’ I’m a FRUIT! That explains SO MUCH!” I’ve been known to comment that I can get […]
Wasted Yesterdays
Wasted Yesterdays A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Every day you miss the chance The moment God gave you But you say it was not the last You’ll catch the next few ~ A word you should have spoken, unsaid A hug that was never given Your words hang heavy as if lead Bound and […]
Five Right Reasons to Homeschool
Back in January I wrote a post about five reasons people choose to Homeschool that I believed were flawed. Five Wrong Reasons to Homeschool Most of these reasons had a basis in making sure that you are not trying to control what your child thinks and believes through a micro-management of their environment, but rather to […]
Throwing Ourselves in the Nile: How God Can Use The Vehicle of Our Destruction to Bring Life.
One of the most incredible mysteries of God, to me, is how He can take things that are negative, and use them to bring life. I mean, it’s impossible right? Sickness, death, destruction, pain, they should only be able to bring about more sickness, death, destruction and pain. At best you could say that the […]
Rooftop
Rooftop A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Silence, whispers Peace in the noise of the world Quiet, escape So high above where my story unfolds ~ Up here the world has shrunken Down to manageable proportions So small my troubles seem to be Stilled is the torrent inside of me ~ A bird fly’s, […]
Invisible.
Do you ever feel invisible? You can’t handle another moment, and no one even knows. We’ve all had our invisible moments. Moments of vulnerability and a sense of rejection. Moments no one seems to notice. But you know what? There is Someone who sees. Hagar was a slave, and even today people don’t tend to […]
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