I spent some time visiting with a dear friend the other day. We each have things that are heavy on our hearts. Issues that we see as being potential problems for God’s people. Situations where individuals are investing themselves in things that could ultimately hurt them spiritually, and also have a ricochet effect on the…
Tag Archive: spiritual life
Ticker Tape Thoughts
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5 I awakened this morning with the title of this post running through my mind. What if the first time you had a thought, it was…
Reclaim Your Commute
This past Sunday while I sat in church there were many great challenges and ideas thrown out that day. My hand was furiously writing as I tried to keep up with all the notes that I wanted to put down on paper as the pastor was preaching. Notes were lining the edges of bulletin and I loved…
Heart for Missions
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27 NIV Never did I think a girl that grew up in a small town of rural Kentucky would ever have a heart…
Teachable Moments
My mother has given me some great advice over the years. But the one piece that I remember the most—and the piece that I put to use with the most frequency—is something that she probably doesn’t even remember saying at all. It was one of those times when she was trying to console an upset…
Big Mouth, Part 1
He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity. Proverbs 21:23 NIV It’s funny how something so small as the mouth, something so seemingly insignificant, can get so many people into trouble. I can’t tell you how many times I have done this, witnessed this, or experienced this to be true. For example……
Bloom Where You’re NOT Planted
Is it possible to blossom when you’ve been planted in a situation without the things that nourish your soul? When deprived of some of your own basic ‘nutrients’ do you have what it takes to display God’s handiwork in your life anyway?
Last fall these bulbs were sitting perilously close to the surface, in danger of becoming a mid-winter snack for the fat, scavenging squirrels that have the run of the neighborhood.
I lifted them from their precarious spot, and stuck them on the shelf, intending to bury them deeper in a more advantageous location. But as the weather turned and I stopped going out back, they sat forgotten…
Serving An Unchanging God
Awhile back I was really frustrated with my husband. We were outside in the yard and I honestly cannot remember what I was mad at him about (I’m sure it was huge at the time, but probably petty in the big scheme of things) but I said, “You know you are a lot like God.”…
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Barbie, Managing Editor
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