I've been decorating my house lately which means I've been spending money. It's all fun at first until I see how much I've spent.
It’s a New Year but What’s Really New?
There's nothing new under the sun. You've heard that before. But have you listened?
Proverbial Family: The Foundation
Knowledge. Oh I thought I had knowledge when I got married. I knew just who I was going to be, who my husband was going to be, and how our children would be.
Conforming is Hard
Algebra. The dreaded subject by many highschoolers, and the very subject that gives my son and me grief every school morning. This is stupid....this doesn't make any sense.... why do I have to learn this...when will I ever use this in life.... .....are the broken record of phrases frustratingly sung by my son. As I…
Fulfill the Law of Christ
You try and you try yet you keep failing. You're a Christian. You're not supposed to be struggling with this any more. Think again.
A Special Thanksgiving
For eight Thanksgivings I have not been able to enjoy the food. But not this year. My progress in overcoming some big issues with eating has led to this special day. A day I have been waiting for for nine years. To be free from eating the same food every day just to survive is…
Blessed to Not Be Confused
We are living in confusing times. We still have false teaching, hypocrisy, and racism, but we can add to that mass confusions about marriage, sexuality, and gender. In such times, I feel blessed that I don't have to be confused.
A Step Further
He knew what was just and right and the harder decision would have been to go against that and live with his conflicted conscience.
The God of the Living
What would it be like to not believe in an afterlife? To Believe that when you die that is it? Not to believe that there is a resurrection of the soul to something greater (or worse)?
What Will You Put On?
When someone you have looked up to, loved, and respected has been revealed in living in the depths of sin, what will you put on?
Poem: Arrogance Lurks
You think you got it all together, With all your “perfect” works; Tithing and fasting you brag, In your heart arrogance lurks. Don’t point the finger as if, You have no guilt of your own; Putting down that tax collector, You’re true colors you have shone. Look to him who barely lifts, His eyes as…
Glory to God
There’s a side of me that I don’t like and am working hard at overcoming. It’s that side that loves the praise of men as if I am something great.
Pointing the Finger
It feels good to point the finger doesn’t it? To look at other human beings and their ill circumstances and think they must be bad people to have suffered some bad fate while we beat our chest in comparison thinking we are so good.
Love
Because love is the reason we have faith in the first place, without love there would be no reason to diligently strive to add anything to our faith.
Sunday Reflection: Why So Quiet?
Why was Jesus so quiet? He was being falsely accused by the chief priests and elders yet He answered nothing.
But First
But first, let me wait til my life slows down.
They Left Everything
If someone were to say you left everything to follow Jesus, what would that mean for you?
Sunday Reflection: Failures Into Determination
His disciples were so determined to stand by His side. They were so confident that they would be strong enough no matter what happened; even if it meant their death.
Overcoming the Wilderness
In a time where I feel as though I should have been earnestly preaching the gospel, I have been physically weak through chronic illnesses and Satan has definitely taken advantage through his temptations.
Inspired by Mary
How I want to be like Mary!
