May 2024

Ways of the Heart

Humanity has the skewed idea that righteous opinions somehow denote being on God’s side. God’s biblical meaning of judgment is justice, defending the defenseless and fairness, not condenmation. God’s ways examine postures of each heart. Human tendency is to punish, shame, point fingers, and shunning sinners. At the heart of every matter, God seeks to …

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Prisms

The wing of a dragonfly is one of the most beautiful prisms God created. It is reminiscent of stained glass, sun rays, and rainbows bursting through the clouds after a storm. The delicate intricacies speak of beauty, reflection, and life’s complexities. The biblical meaning of prism is life, holy light, and speaks of how God …

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God Speaks

I love how God starts conversations with us through nature, animals, forests, and even other people. Sometimes, it’s a nuance of sound from a bird or a line from a song. Other times, it’s the big bold mountain grandeur that takes our breath away or the breeze rustling through forest that creates goosebumps and a …

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Lessons

What have you learned so far in life? Are your hurts, disappointments, or feelings of injustice reflective of others, yourself, or God? If you wallow in the dirt of angry bitterness, you will stay there and never rise from the lesson you were meant to learn. You will begin to see the ugliness as a …

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Focus Your Energy on God

Are you focused on the hurt? Or are you focused on expending your energy on rising above the wrongs so that you remain in the hands of God and not this world? Both take energy. One leads to revenge, hatefulness, and elevated superiority, while the other leads to ordered thinking and freedom from the burden …

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Patient Waiting

God’s timing and human timing are not the same. To understand this is to acquire Jesus’ patient endurance in the waiting. What are you waiting for in life? Inflation to give way to easier affordability, better roads to travel,  or career promotion? These are only human luxuries that we have no real control over for …

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Thankful for Grace

I am thankful for God’s grace given out of love and care. Grace is God’s answer when poor life choices ruin lives, we’ve dug ourselves into a hole of wasted time, and sit down to hide instead of standing up to face life. Grace is the answer to you and those in your life. Jesus’ …

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Promises

God promises strength, comfort,  and light to find our way through life. It is enough. Grasp hold of those promises and light the way for others. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 Holy can be trusted to keep His promises.

Firmly Awake

Truths have a way of opening our eyes and awakening our souls. It is then that we can stand firm in our faith. We live in such a time that complacency, turning a blind eye, hiding, or pretending that lies and discontent do not run rampant will no longer be allowed. Either you believe in …

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