Ann Voskamp, giving, God, joy, One Thousand Gifts, spiritual growth, trust
So I am starting something new. (Well, new to me. I actually stole the premise for it right out of Ann Voskamp’s book.) Ann talks about living with your hand open, a metaphor for being willing to receive whatever the Lord gives – good or bad – with...
Bible, Exodus, God, Psalms, trust
Countless times in scripture God is depicted as holding us or leading us or guiding us by our right hands (ex. – Psalm 16:8, 17:7, 20:6). It’s curious to me that He never holds us by our left hands. I have some thoughts as to why this is. Where are you...
believe, Bible, Genesis, God, power, spiritual growth, trust
I love when the Lord asks people (us) questions in scripture. He’s never asking for His benefit; He knows all answers to all questions, being that He is God and whatnot.No, He asks questions to spur us on to examine our thinking about Him so we can discover...
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...