Wounds are like caterpillars. There is the initial sting of the unexpected. They change. Metamorphosis is hard work. It is life changing. Whether you are physically or emotionally wounded, or perhaps both, healing work becomes beauty when you allow your pain to help someone else. You will then become the beautiful butterfly who spreads love, […]
Choices result in consequences from everything we do and say in life. Those consequences can be blissful happiness, regretful anger, a lifetime of love, loss of faith, prison sentence, lost in addiction, death….. eternal life. All have some level of uncertainty except eternal life. It is guaranteed and unwavering. Choose Jesus! For the wages of
I have wild strawberries randomly growing in my backyard. I’ve been giddy since summer as I use the fruits and leaves to add to the feeding of my guinea pigs, and they love it. Now, these strawberries do not get protected from the squirrels, my dogs, possums, birds, raccoons, and other wild animals. There is
Choose gratitude instead of a negative attitude! Do all things without complaining and disputing, so that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God Philippians 2:14-15
There is a difference between quitting and surrendering to the will of God. Quitting is giving up, walking away, and laced in guilt. It is riddled with defeat. Surrendering everything to God is freeing. It is laying down burdens carried too long so that you free up your spirit to learn. It is acknowledging that
Give thanks even in the midst of hurt feelings, chaos, angry arguments, sickness, and health. Living the life of faith in trust and commitment to God is a covenant not to be broken. In this world, there are broken homes, broken spirits, broken marriages, and broken systems, yet as believers, there is one covenant that
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Sometimes, we all need to take a day and do nothing. How rare is it that doing nothing is even possible? If we are ever able to carve out the time it seems we fidget, overthink about all that needs to be done, and before we know it, that small window of “doing nothing” is
One of the greatest acts of love for others is to pray for them. That selfless gift of prayer may seem small and insignificant, but to God it is everything. It is the catalyst that links Holy to humanity. While our human efforts may not save someone, Jesus can. Praying in Jesus’ name surrenders the
There are many ways Jesus works to draw people to the Father. If someone walks the unfamiliar way to you, it doesn’t mean Jesus is not working in their life. It is not for us to make assumptions as to whether others are lost or not lost. It is up to us as individual followers
It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. Deuteronomy 31:8
