Bible, blessings, Deuteronomy, God, peace
Right before he died, Moses gave a blessing to each tribe of Israel (Deuteronomy 33). I’m not sure what avenue he used to do this – did he speak the blessings or write them down? Did he communicate them to some large general assembly or to just a select...
believe, Bible, blessings, Exodus, faith, friendship, God, Moses, spiritual growth, Uncategorized
It’s true what they say: you can’t help people who won’t help themselves. But, oh, how I love to help people who truly want the things of Christ but have temporarily lost sight of how to get to them. I love the feeling of being in relationships with...
blessings, family, friendship, God, Matthew, parenting, Spiritual legacy
I’ve never had a full-time job. As in, NEVER.I guess that’s what happens when you marry an “established” man before you graduate college. Elian had a great job that met our needs. I finished my degree a year after we said, “I do,”...
2 Corinthians, Acts, blessings, Ephesians, Exodus, faith, God, grace, meaning of life, pain, self worth, trials
One of the go-to verses for Christians in pain is 2 Corinthians 12:9. In it God told Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Of course, the context is important. So bare with me while I rehash that for us. Corinth...
Ann Voskamp, blessings, freedom, God, grace, growing, James, One Thousand Gifts, Psalms
Ann Voskamp has a favorite saying, “All is grace.” There is something good about everything, namely that everything affords us the opportunity to grow closer to God. Even the bad things that happen have a good component. Extreme tragedies, for example,...
Ann Voskamp, Bible, blessings, God, One Thousand Gifts, Philippians
God has been hard at work trying to teach me about perspective lately. My default perspective is hopelessness. Is something in my life changing? Despair! Is something in my world unpredictable? Insecurity! Is something in my environment not exactly (or not at all)...
