Moses is one of my absolute favorite Bible characters. He was a man who made many mistakes, had his shortcomings and flaws out on display for everyone to see, felt weak when he needed to be strong, and didn’t feel up to the task when God called him. I can
With tears streaming down her face one of my daughters ran into my bathroom one morning as I was getting ready. Burying her head into my stomach she cried, “Mommy, make her stop! ‘So and so’ is not saying kind words! She called me a name and it hurt my
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head, The stars in the bright sky looked down where He lay, The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. The circumstances of Jesus’ birth were less than ideal. He took his first
“For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people, it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.” 2 Corinthians 4:15-16 The other day as I was preparing for today’s post, I noticed that Paul repeats the phrase “we do not lose
A little while ago I wrote a post on repentance. I don’t want to repeat myself so I encourage you to read that post if you want a clearer understanding of what repentance is and the different parts to it. Today I want to do a little Q&A regarding repentance.
My kingdom is not of this world… Last week we learned from David’s life that a person’s heart is more important than his appearance (1 Samuel 16:7). God used David to pave the way for Jesus, and Jesus’s kingdom is unlike anything anyone ever expected. Everyone but God, that is.
“So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun, because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is
Isaiah 40:11 He tends his flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in his arms And carries them close to his heart; He gently leads those that have young. God is my Shepherd. A few weeks ago my husband and I found out that our sweet little Brinnley
I grew up in a bi-racial family… typing that sounds weird to me because I never saw my family that way. After my parents divorced my mom later remarried and my dad, technically my step-dad, just happened to be half Cherokee and half Mexican…but fully my dad. I never saw
Perhaps one of the most challenging yet rewarding roads to spiritual health is the discipline of single-minded satisfaction on what has come from God’s hand. And the best way to safeguard your contentment in Christ is to ask the Holy Spirit to whisper Psalm 119 into your ear every now and