“If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find it.” Matthew 16:25 One morning, when my youngest two were three and five years old, I sat down with them for a quick devotion. I usually didn’t get around to devotions with…
Category Archives: Gina
Everything is Meaningless?
I needed a word from the Lord about my writing, my relationships, my life. When I cracked the Bible, the book fell open to Ecclesiastes 1:1 and I started reading. “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” Okaaay… Not the answer I was expecting so I read on. “What does man gain…
Why We Grow Weary in the Journey
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9” I started on my writing journey enthusiastic, bright-eyed and hopeful. That was six years ago. Now, at times I’m weary, blurry-eyed, and discouraged. Why? What takes a determined person…
Remember the Blesssings
How quickly I forget the blessings of life. When I think back to my childhood and through the years, what comes to mind? The hard times. The hurts and pain. People who wronged me. Why is that? Why is it so easy to remember the bad times and so hard to conjure up memories of…
Prodigal Love
“The suddenly there dawns upon us the vast, entire endowment of God’s free love and forgiveness…It is this which bowls us over…frees us…transforms us.” Paul Tournier Saved by Grace. Christians throw that phrase around to express their faith, but do they really know what Grace is? I’ve come to a deeper appreciation and revelation about…
Keep Your Eyes on Jesus
It was a Sunday morning of my writing weekend. I had just finished a rather good word count and went back and forth about debating whether or not to miss my church’s new series on Jesus, but figured I could catch it on the web. So I flipped through the channels of the hotel television,…
Who is Jesus?
“He (Jesus) pressed them, “And how about you? Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter said, “You’re the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus came back, “God bless you, Simon, son of Jonah! You didn’t get that answer out of books or from teachers. My Father in heaven, God himself,…
Motivtion to Keep Going
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 What gets you out of bed on a lazy, rainy morning to brave a day of errands? What keeps you going when nothing you’ve planned is working out? When your kids are defiant and your husband…
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