1 John, believe, Beth Moore, Bible, God, Jesus, John, love, spiritual growth
I’m going through Beth Moore’s Loving Well Bible study. Again. For the third time. This is partly because it’s the study the director of women’s ministry at my church chose. But, let’s be honest, it’s mostly because I don’t...
Bible, evangelism, God, Gospel, Jesus, love, Mark
“Jesus looked at him and loved him.” This sentence stole my breath yesterday. I came across it in the Gospel of Mark, where an account of Jesus’ interaction with a rich man is detailed. Mark 10:17-22 reads like this, 17 As Jesus started on his way, a...
believe, Bible, Father, fear, God, hope, Jesus, pain, significance, spiritual growth, trust
When the world starts to turn upside down and my stomach turns with it, it can feel like the whole globe has run clean off its orbital path, veering into the vastness of dark space waiting to swallow it whole. When order and routine and the expected and all that is...
Bible, conflict, Ephesians, forgiveness, friendship, Jesus, love, Luke, pain, Peter, relationships, sacrifice, unity
Sometimes people hurt us. Insightful, no? Accidents happen. Feelings get hurt. Egos get bruised. People get overlooked. And, every once in awhile, people may purposefully take a stab at our hearts out of anger or bitterness. Most of the time this kind of thing happens...
1 John, forgiveness, Jesus, love, Luke, Matthew, Philippians
It’s been a crazy two weeks for our family. An unexpected event has turned our world upside down. We’ve grieved. We’ve felt angry. We’ve felt hurt. We’ve had to process those emotions with the Lord and with others. And then we had to...