I’m taking a different route today. Lately I’ve been sharing with you all the stuff I’ve been learning about the Bible and the nature of God. My time with Jesus has been so rich that I just had to share it! Which is why this took me by surprise. This sense of despair and angst. Nothing was going horribly wrong, but I found myself not being able to cope with the normal stresses of life. Again. I’ve written before about my first real fight with depression, and how, by God’s grace, I was able to come out of that. “But this shouldn’t happen again.” “You know what the issue is…
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Redefining Freedom: Walking In The Spirit
I’d embarked on a project. It started out simple- change the bed spread to spruce up the bedroom. But it quickly turned into moving furniture and cleaning out closets. So here I was on a Tuesday evening, bustin’ my butt and jamming to the 90’s hits station on satellite radio as motivation to finish what I’d started. I was probably throwing in some dance moves that no one, not even my husband, have ever been privy to! We have a dry erase canvas that I normally keep a Bible verse on, and figured it needed updating. I chose a verse that Brandon and I had been talking about a lot…
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When You Can’t Fly: Learning To Meet People Where They Are
It was a beautiful Monday evening, as I headed outside for one of my favorite evening chores- watering my garden. There’s something about standing in the peaceful sunset moments and listening to the water sprinkle over the plants. It’s quiet. And no matter how hectic the day’s been, I can just be still for a minute. As I approached the garden, I jumped back with a start at some movement in the dirt. I stepped closer again to see if it was a snake or mole. I was slightly relieved to see it was just a bird….a small bird, his head just swiveling around. He was kind of cute, so…
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A Wonderful Promise: Our God of Covenant
When it comes to reading my Bible, I’ve always been a New Testament kind of girl. It seems more practical. More comprehendible. But lately, I’ve been stuck in the Old Testament, discovering that with a little bit of knowledge about the text, it is a treasure trove of wonderful and applicable things to discover about God’s character and the world He created. When we read some of these narrative portions of the Bible, which is much of the Old Testament, we often read them with the idea that we should find out how we can relate to the main character. What can we do the same or different than them? …
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Hide It In Your Heart : Why We Memorize Scripture
When it comes to the disciplines of the Christian life, I feel like, by God’s grace, I’ve made some real progress these past couple of years. I’m no super-Christian. If I live to be 103, I’ll still have work to do. But God has worked in my life and helped allow some of these disciplines to really take off. I have a pretty good Bible reading habit, and a pseudo developed prayer life. But the area I struggle in the most is Scripture memorization. Actually, is it considered a struggle if you don’t even attempt it? That’s me. Lately, though, it just keeps coming up in things I’m reading or…
