Tag Archives: Christian Living
In Search of Worship
I have been searching for a new church since I moved back to this area a year ago. I have had to leave several services early because the music was so loud it gave me a migraine. Is this really worship, or is it a concert? Does it enable the average church member or visitor …
C.S. Lewis on Christmas
Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus by C. S. Lewis And beyond this there lies in the ocean, turned towards the west and north, the island of Niatirb which Hecataeus indeed declares to be the same size and shape as Sicily, but it is larger, though in calling it triangular a man would …
Change in the Wind
I’m considering going back to school to get my Bachelor’s degree. I’ve always wanted to do this but the last decade or so has been almost overwhelming, and it was a struggle to merely keep my head above water for a long time. I’m far from fixed, and I have my issues, but I think …
Opportunities
Life has a way of challenging us. It tasks us to grow, develop character, and allow things to happen in order to make us into better people. If we choose not to accept this opportunity, we can become bitter, angry, and resentful. Simply put, things happen to everyone. Cars break down. Jobs are lost. Homes …
Choosing a Simple Life
“7 Two things I ask of you, Lord; do not refuse me before I die: 8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. 9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may …
You Are Enough.
Those of us who experienced abuse in childhood or marriage – whether verbal, physical, sexual, psychological, or any combination thereof – often struggle with feelings of inadequacy, self-criticism, self-hatred, doubt, fear, and even self-condemnation. We need to remember that Jesus bled and died for us, too. He was with us through those times, holding us …
Part of Me
Long ago, when I formed you in your mother’s womb, I placed a piece of Myself inside you. I have been with you since your conception. I was there as your organs formed, as your fingers and toes took shape. I determined the color of your eyes and the sound of your voice. I was …
Your Heart
I am doing a work in your heart. There are scarred areas, wounds from deep-seated hurts and fears….. I am healing them. I am ever so gently removing the dead tissue and replacing it with flesh that is alive, feeling, breathing. I am taking away the dead parts that have withered and shriveled up from …
Blessings
Blessings upon blessings upon blessings upon blessings upon blessings. I am going to bless you more deeply, more thoroughly, more intensely than you ever thought possible. Open your hands. I am going to fill them over and over and over again until there is no more room. No more room. Not anywhere. No more room. …
Let Me
Let Me love you. Let go of the past and all it means to you, the good and the bad. There is nothing you can do to change what was. It happened. It’s over. It is part of who you are now, but it does not have to affect who you will be. Give it …
