Encounters

What do you think an encounter with the Holy Spirit looks like? Do you expect it to be big and grandiose and somehow blaringly obvious?  Going through the Experiencing God study again with our church this past fall was such a blessing. Yet again, it reshaped some of my thinking about God and my interactions …

A Love Relationship

How much do you truly trust God? How much do you really believe what He says? Many look at the Bible and think it’s just a book of rules. Without realizing it, even Christians can have that attitude towards God’s Word and toward God. There’s danger for us, as believers, in thinking of the Bible …

He is With Us

I never got around to posting a blog last week, though I had intended to do so. I was working on one, but hadn’t been able to finish it, and then partway through the weekend, I received some tough news. Two women from my hometown were killed in a car wreck on the way home …

Wrecking Ball or Force of Grace?

Is there some part of yourself that just drives you crazy? Some aspect of your personality that you wish was different?  Comparison is our enemy. That was last week’s topic and this week’s sort of adds to that a bit. In comparing ourselves to others, we look at the parts of who we are sometimes, …

Comparison is Our Enemy

Have you ever looked at the people around you and felt like they have it all together and you don’t? This week’s post is kind of a follow up to something Deanne shared in her guest post a couple of weeks ago. It is so very easy to worry about and compare ourselves with others. …

Overwhelmed with Thankfulness

Y’all, I am so overwhelmed at the moment—thankful for a God who is so patient with me. So patient that He will continue to provide reminders of His love for me, that He will continue to show me His truths over and over again until I finally begin to grasp them, that he never stops …

Marvelous Light

Have you ever believed something about yourself that wasn’t true? Something that was a lie? I have. Even recently I believed a lie about myself, about who I am. And I’ll be honest, it’s made things pretty bad for me. I didn’t have clarity of thought. I felt broken down. I was in a mental …

What Are You Feeding?

Have you seen the movie Tomorrowland? There’s a scene in the movie where a character reminds her father of something he’s said to her all her life. There are two wolves who are always fighting. One is darkness and despair. The other is light and hope. The question is: which wolf wins? The answer? The …