You are Profoundly Significant

Many gals do not believe they are profoundly significant, because they think this sounds arrogant.  We think we sound prideful if we acknowledge our strengths and achievements, but instead we miss God’s delight in giving us these strengths to positively impact others.  We underestimate our profound significance to God and to other people. We are … Read more You are Profoundly Significant


Curse of Fearing People:

People-Pleasing and Idolizing People Do you get tripped up by people-pleasing (fearing them or putting all your trust in them)? Jeremiah 17:5-6 warns against this people pleasing.  Look at verse 5b, “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord.”  Relying … Read more Curse of Fearing People:


God’s Discipline: Weeds come when we disobey God

Ripping rotten roots out of my heart, God was a master gardener, with his pruning discipline after I refused to listen to his wise counsel.  Some of the bad choices, like weeds, looked so innocent at first, but they were deadly, and I needed God to yank them out of my life.  Even “good” aspects … Read more God’s Discipline: Weeds come when we disobey God


God’s Discipline: Good but painful Gift

In last week’s post “Seeing Myself in Proverbs: Ouch! ” I admitted that God’s discipline hurts initially but then saves me from much worse pain.  I talked about the greater pain I suffered when I did not heed God’s warnings in the book of Proverbs and other Scripture.  Over time I realized I am better off … Read more God’s Discipline: Good but painful Gift


Seeing Myself in Proverbs: Ouch!

As I grow in my Christian faith, God showers me with his love and disciplines my sins, often through Bible verses I read.  The love is a wonderful, easy gift.  The discipline is also a blessing, albeit a painful gift.  God is gentle, so he does not show me every sin at the same time.  … Read more Seeing Myself in Proverbs: Ouch!


Continuing to Forgive (part 3)

I discussed the trouble I had forgiving difficult people in my two last posts “Struggling to Forgive” and “Struggling to Forgive, part two.” I explained my ongoing forgiveness for a person who is now dead.  I needed to get past her faults and understand her hidden pain.  Outwardly she lived a charmed life, but because … Read more Continuing to Forgive (part 3)


Struggling to Forgive, part two

I am expanding last week’s post “Struggling to Forgive.”  I talked about misconceptions (lies or myths about forgiveness) and explained that even when we truly want to forgive, we pay a huge price for the wrongs others did to us.  Those wrongs hurt badly and make forgiving much harder, since it comes at such a … Read more Struggling to Forgive, part two


Hidden Problems the Flesh Causes

Our sinful flesh causes many problems, but we might only be aware of the obvious areas, the “lusts of the flesh,” (over-eating and sins of lust.)  I had not realized how many aspects of our lives are actually ruled by our flesh, until I struggled with my temper while dealing with inanimate objects.  God showed … Read more Hidden Problems the Flesh Causes