I’m so excited to write this blog post! As Christmas approaches my thoughts turn to Jesus and what my life was like before I knew him. And how because of Jesus, previously impossible things have happened in my life. This equation came to mind — Me + Jesus = ____________. Can you fill in the …
If you’re driving around in the country right now you may recognize the background I used. It is of cottonwood fluff floating on the breeze. It is also the vision that God gave a sister-in-Christ for me at the women’s retreat I attended this weekend. It was a picture of how God was going to …
Lately the Holy Spirit has been nudging me to leave my past behind, to open myself up to responding differently and thinking new thoughts. When I started thinking of scriptures that would help me, man oh man, there were sooo many! Let’s start with this one. “I don’t mean to say that I have already …
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV I don’t know about you, but I can’t read that scripture without singing the words. This blog post was birthed from a Bible plan author, who wrote how she …
For now we see but a faint reflection of riddles and mysteries as though reflected in a mirror, but one day we will see face-to-face. My understanding is incomplete now, but one day I will understand everything, just as everything about me has been fully understood. Until then, there are three things that remain: faith, …
This is simple Christianity. When Jesus was asked by a Pharisee what the greatest commandment was, he didn’t hesitate to answer: He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important command. The second is like …
Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” This …
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the …
If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. 1 John 1:8-9 NLT I knew I shouldn’t have done it. I …
I sat as a juror on a trial involving a father hitting his child. We were instructed to put aside our bias and feelings about the subject and those involved and simply determine what evidence or witness testimony was true beyond reasonable doubt. After the first witnesses testified on the first day, I thought that …
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