Bible, Genesis, God, grace
I had the pleasure of spending time with some remarkably brilliant women on Thursday morning. We were training to lead a new Bible study in January, but really what we were doing was dissecting Genesis 1-3. Yeah, THAT Genesis 1-3. The section of the Old Testament...
Bible, Colossians, Deuteronomy, God, parenting, service, U2
But not on purpose. Yesterday I wrote this: “In no way, shape, or form is my approach to life biblical. Nothing in it speaks of serving others, living a life of love, or dying to self.” Those statements are true in all facets of my life except one....
Bible, faith, God, growing, happiness, Heaven, service
My chief objective in life is to meet my needs and satisfy my wants myself right now. Call it human nature. Call it self-preservation. Or call it what it really is – sin. In no way, shape, or form is my approach to life biblical. Nothing in it speaks of serving...
God, grace, growing, service
Saturday a friend invited my husband and me to serve in an area of Memphis we don’t normally encounter. It was going to be an all day thing where we would connect with prostitutes, former prostitutes, and the poor, trying to show them love, grace, and...
1 Thessalonians, Bible, God, grace, growing, Matthew, Philippians
The majority of the time my posts are hard to stomach. I often write about getting real. And the reality about getting real is that it means we have to call sin sin. When we stop to read the scriptures, we see ourselves on the pages. We see the Bible call our sin...
Bible, Exodus, faith, God, idols, Moses, waiting
I think I am in a “season of waiting” right now. I say “I think” because I’ve been wrong before about God and His ways. And I say a “season of waiting” in quotes because I really can’t stand that word...
