How often we don’t turn to God, the Creator, the one who made us, who knows how we operate, and has given us guidance on how to live life. The fact that we, like children, go a different way than what the parent tells us to do, says it all. For the word of God is living...
Somehow, we’d missed one of the markers and accidentally began trekking down a different trail. We were halfway down by the time we realized it. The only way to get back to where we wanted to go was to backtrack until we were back to the point where the trails split. The bad ...
Yet, when we attend a viewing and/or funeral and embrace a loved one and say, “I am so sorry” we are bearing a part of their pain. Each person that attends gives comfort and make the load of grief a little lighter. Sacrificing your time and traveling is a way to show Love is a...
Does your heart hurt today? Have you recently found yourself dealing with difficulties that lay heavier than normal on your soul? Of course, you’ve known this feeling. Life is hard and heavy and so often hurts. Do you have a schedule so full you feel crushed with overwhelm just ta...
Sometimes we need to look at our childhoods as things their mean we look at God through a certain lens. One that is not always quite as He is. Be kind and compassionate to yourself as He is so full of kindness and compassion. Some need rules, others of us need gentleness and I think...
In your beautiful post, you give fuel to one of our worse fears. You say you have to hide them. We are concern that because they have them they will lose opportunities through put their lives. Reply Tina says: My nearly 22 year old formerly high achieving son recently dried out of co...
Abraham waited for a son, Joseph waited for deliverance, David waited to be made king, Israel waited for a Messiah, and we all wait for the return of the serpent crusher. You might say that the entire narrative of scripture is one of waiting. ...
Finally, be sure you are ready.When a loved one dies it is natural to grieve. Everyone’s grief is personal and no one, but God fully understands how we hurt. But those who know Christ have hope and comfort during times of grief that others cannot. ...
I know I can’t take away the pain of your loss, but I want you to know I’m thinking of you and [name the loved one who died]. I’m guessing that Mother’s Day hurts. I’m thinking of you this first [second, third, however-many-eth] Mother’s Day after your [mom/child/...
Those phrases are pretty hopeless sounding, aren’t they? Heartbreaking actually. More than anyone else, God hurts for people who hurt that deeply. People are searching. People are struggling. People need God. All of us do. What do you do when it feels like no one cares about you? Here...