Love and encouragement from an imperfect mom and her fun teen daughters. We welcome you to live life with us.
I closed last week’s post on surrender (“Surrendering our Concerns”) by saying acceptance is the second step in this Spiritual growth. After we stop resisting and finally surrender our weakness to God, we might demand an instant fix for our problems, instead of truly accepting how difficult (and how long-lasting) problems are when we surrender. … Read more Acceptance a Close Cousin to Surrender
I ended my post last week saying that we need to surrender our concerns to Jesus, but surrendering can be so scary, some people never do so. They are terrified of facing their pain and afraid that Jesus might judge them. Oh how sad these ideas are, since they keep us from the One who … Read more Surrendering our Concerns
Recognizing Patterns in Your Sin Last week I closed my post mentioning that some stubborn Christians do not want to face and heal their pain. These gals and men are moody or irritable all the time, not on occasion. These people may actually have different chronic problems too, whether that means always being angry, fearful … Read more Breaking Your Personal Strongholds:
In the last 2 weeks (except for the break I took at Christmas), I’ve been writing about my spiritual hunger and how it is strongest in my areas of greatest weakness. For example, I crave God’s love and affirmation more than some people do, because I am weak in this area. I overly-crave people’s affirmation … Read more Recognizing and Feeding Spiritual Needs all Day Long
I will be writing more in this post later, so bear with the brevity of today’s post. Amy has developed a passion for designing and sewing her own clothes. She began, last year, by designing doll clothes that looked like famous people’s ball gowns. Here is the mini mannequin she used. Amy liked the doll … Read more Amy the Seamstress
I wanted to expand on last week’s post “Jesus Deserves the Best, but Passivity Blinds Us” about Jesus’ deserving the best and our need to actively pursue him. I realized other people also sometimes slip into mindlessly reading their Bible and saying prayers by rote without engaging their hearts and minds. As a result, I … Read more Fed on God’s Word, not a Check list
Do we passively reject God’s good plans for us by forgetting his Word? Do we harshly criticize ourselves or others or under-value them or ourselves? Do we under-believe what God can do in us and in others? I have fallen for all of those sins. I have to actively accept the dignity God offers me. … Read more Jesus Deserves the Best, but Passivity Blinds Us
My wise friend, who I will call Helen (not her real name), told me she sensed God encouraging her to allow him to have a love so passionate for her, it would be intense like passion the lovers declare in the Song of Solomon. We are prayer partners and call each other weekly, so she … Read more God’s Love like the Song of Solomon
I want to expand on Dr. (Pastor) Vernon McGee’s explanation of the shield of faith. The Holy Spirit showed him how to use it to overcome severe doubts, the kind that plague all of us at times. When he was young, Vernon McGee had a philosophy professor who asked many difficult questions McGee could not … Read more Doubts Deactivated by the Shield of Faith
God’s word is powerful, and we can “pray” those Scriptures! The 22nd chapter of 2 Samuel, a song of David, is full of guidance and encouragement I want to share with you today. I am using the New Living Translation in this post. I briefly mentioned this chapter in my earlier post, “Forgive and Let … Read more Praying the Scripture