Starting this post has me typing and rewording and deleting over and over. Even now I’m sitting here watching my cursor blink, formulating the sentence in my head and still not getting it right. LOL. When I titled this post Relationship, I was referring to a common way Christians qualify their faith. We say it’s …
Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.Ephesians 3:17 (NLT) Do you ever feel like you have to be on all the time? I do. What if I take a day to be off? I’m still thinking …
So let us step boldly to the throne of grace, where we can find mercy and grace to help when we need it most.Hebrews 4:16 (VOICE) When my own efforts fail to bring relief from wallowing in the pit of depression I often find myself hoping God will fix me. But maybe it’s not so …
I am humbled and quieted in your presence. Like a contented child who rests on its mother’s lap, I’m your resting child and my soul is content in you. Psalm 131:2 TPT If I'm being honest, I truly thought this time would bring me into a closer relationship with God. I had thought all this …
I tell you the truth: whoever believes in Me will be able to do what I have done, but they will do even greater things, because I will return to be with the Father. VOICE A promise? An opportunity? A possibility? A dormant potential? A hope? A dream? An end to be fulfilled? My gift …
We always want the good part of the wedding vows to be all there is to marriage, but love would be shallow if that was our experience. This season has been full of trials for my husband and I. It would have been easier if we took turns being on the negative end but for …
What if I speak in the most elegant languages of people or in the exotic languages of the heavenly messengers, but I live without love? Well then, anything I say is like the clanging of brass or a crashing cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 - The Voice That is the part that's missing for me right now, in this blog. …
In my desire to become a better writer, I am actively seeking out advice from veteran bloggers, and one suggestion was to purposely write something that will stir-up-trouble, so to speak. With the intent of learning to write without seeking approval, but writing from my passion. So here is my warning: These are my true …
"...we expectantly wait for a satisfying relationship with the Spirit...faith expressed in love." The Message Wow! This speaks to my heart right at this moment. For this is truly my desire. Not to be religious but to be in love and to pour out love. Holy Spirit, let us sit down together.
The Far Reaches of Grace 