believe, Bible, fear, God, Jesus, Matthew, obedience, Peter
We all know the story of Jesus and Peter walking on water, but some things about it struck me differently today. First, Jesus made the disciples get into that boat and sail on ahead of Him INTO A STORM while he wrapped up a long day of teaching with some solitary...
Ann Voskamp, discipline, growing, James, obedience
On the heels of my last post, there are some things I feel like I can’t choose to do. I just can’t seem to will myself, to discipline myself, to do and/or not do various things. And all you optimists are saying, “Well, that’s obviously a lie....
discipline, God, growing, obedience, sacrifice, spiritual growth
Self-discipline has always been my forte. (They say you should open with a joke.) Actually, I am as self-disciplined as a newborn. And we all know how ridiculous they are… cute, but entirely self-centered. I don’t know that you much care why I lack the...
anxiety, believe, Bible, fear, God, Jonah, obedience, pain, sin, spiritual growth, trust
“Sometimes it feels like I am being swallowed whole. Like this life is too much. Like I am too much.” I said that to God. And a truth popped into my head almost instantly: there is someone who knows what that feels like. Jonah was literally swallowed...
1 John, anxiety, believe, Bible, evangelism, faith, fear, God, Gospel, Heaven, Jesus, obedience, pain, salvation, spiritual growth, suffering, trust
There’s something they don’t tell you about this Christianity thing when you sign up. I’m not saying it would be a deal-breaker if you knew about it on the front end, but I am saying we’d think longer and harder about declaring Christ to be not...
believe, Bible, faith, fear, friendship, God, grief, Jesus, love, Matthew, obedience, pain, sacrifice, spiritual growth, trials, trust, Uncategorized
The Lord has been trying to get me to agree with Him on something for months… or has it been years? I can’t remember. Anyway, He finally found a way that even I – the woman who could have been a lawyer – can’t argue with. If you like your...
