Not too long ago I was cleaning out my closet in preparation for a neighborhood sale. In my quest to find items to sell, I stumbled upon a pile of old prayer journals, and was surprised to find that some of them dated up to 20 years back!
I spent the rest of the day sitting on the floor, thumbing through the journals, and it didn't take long before I started to have tears running down my face. My heart began to swell with thanksgiving as I looked back at the goodness of God, and I recounted...
“There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but its end is the way of death.” Proverbs 14:12
My husband and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary this month. As we reflected on our two decades together, we commented that the act of “choosing” is so powerful. Marriage is the practice of choosing each other over and over. We could have thrown in the towel when things were hard, but we chose not to. We could look for fresh new romance elsewhere, but we choose...
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers, but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law, he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.” Psalm 1:1-3
What would it be if I asked you to choose one word to describe your physical, emotional, and spiritual health?
Does...
Philippians 4:6-7 tells us not to be anxious for anything, but by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, we can present our requests to God. And the peace that surpasses all understanding will guard our heart and mind... But what does “peace that passes all understanding”, really mean?
Most of the time we think we need to have things in order in our lives in order to feel and experience peace. However, having a peace that passes understanding means we can have peace despite our...
"You must not be envious of your neighbor's house, or want to sleep with his wife, or want to own his slaves, oxen, donkeys, or anything else he has." Exodus 20:17
Contentment can feel fleetingly seasonal, like a warm PSL, can't it? We all know that comparison and jealously take us nowhere beneficial. We understand our worth, formed uniquely and perfectly by the hand of God. Why then do covetous thoughts and bitter envy slink their way into our minds so quickly and without warning?
That's the...
“Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. Psalm 37:4-5 (NLT)
I love this verse. It has profound significance in my life. Interestingly though, I’ve noticed we often refer to the first portion of the scripture without considering the second. There is great hope and promise found in this passage, but there is also instruction. There is a call to action.
First, we are to delight in the Lord. The...
"Then God said, 'Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.'" Genesis 1:26
Do you view yourself in light of Christ himself? When you look in the mirror, can you look beyond it to your spiritual self?
Let’s...
Is there such a thing as being too healthy? In our crazy diet and image obsessed culture, it can be easy to take a good thing of being healthy too far, and get out of balance. Whether it's to do with your weight, your nutrition, or how you exercise, it's possible for a healthy positive to turn into a negative.
Focusing on eating healthy can itself become an obsession and turn into orthorexia, an eating disorder that focuses on strict rules and fear of unhealthy food. Focusing too much on...
"The people fell to grumbling over their hard life. God heard. When he heard his anger flared, then fire blazed up and burned the outer boundaries of the camp. The people cried out for help to Moses; Moses prayed to God, and the fire died down. They named the place Taberah (Blaze) because fire from God had blazed up against them. The misfits among the people had a craving, and soon they had the People of Israel whining, "Why can't we have meat? We ate fish in Egypt—and got it free!—to say...
Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
From the time I was a young child I had a knowing deep on the inside of me that God loved me. It was never something I felt I had to earn or strive for. Yet there have been times in my life that in spite of knowing He is always with me, that I have felt He was distant or I couldn't hear Him as clearly.
About one year ago when I...
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