I have been writing for Love God Greatly for quite some time. It is amazing to me how privileged and blessed I am to be able to delve into the Scriptures, study different verses, and share the vulnerable pieces of my heart. In all these years, this is the first
Jesus’ Early Days Have you ever thought about what Jesus was like when He was younger? I assume that He was a lot like all of us. He had parents that raised Him. He crawled. He had to learn to walk and to talk. He went through puberty and adolescence.
I am a quiet girl who has always desired a quiet life. I love certainty and stability. I love life free from drama, conflict, and chaos. The rules used to be simple: Don’t mess with me, and I won’t mess with you. However, being reborn into God’s family changes all
One of the biggest struggles that I have had during my Christian walk is accepting the truth that God’s love for me is unconditional. It is so difficult for me to comprehend the depths that God would go to have an intimate relationship with me. Jesus, my Messiah, willingly and
As we entered this new decade, over sixty percent of people over the world once again created resolutions for the upcoming year and made goals for themselves. If you are anything like me, you quietly make resolutions knowing deep inside you won’t remain committed for an entire year. As I
The beatitudes end with the promised blessing of persecution. After studying the many ways that believers are blessed by God, we might expect to end on something more positive and hopeful. However, I think it is fitting that persecution would be the likely result for those who follow hard after
When was the last time your expectations were shattered? We all have expectations of how our lives should go. We prepare. We make sacrifices. We move forward with our plans. But even our best intentions can end with our world turned upside. Jesus realized they wanted to ask him about
We live in a time when our thoughts and opinions can be shared throughout the world at a moment’s notice, with little to no accountability. It is easy to forget that we will all have to give an account for every empty word we have ever spoken. “But I tell
Throughout my life I have often fallen quickly into sin. Even as a Christian, I struggled to believe that I had the power to resist when tempted. Since I didn’t believe, I fell into sin over and over and over again. Satan had me exactly where he wanted me…powerless, ashamed,
When I first devoted my life to the Lord, I had no idea of the immense significance of the Bible. At that time, I only knew a handful of the Ten Commandments. I happened to attend a church that emphasized worship far above any Bible teaching. So, for the longest,