March 31, 2021ย Twenty twenty stretched us, and we couldn’t wait to reach 2021. Now we have three months of 2021 under our tight fitting belts, and some of us are still just continuing to survive. We think, “Shouldn’t it be better than this? Shouldn’t I have already bounced back?” People describe it different ways.Continue reading “Bouncing Back”
Category Archives: Faith
Worth Teaching
Dec 18, 2020 What is the same about them? “That they are all different.” It was just a simple question I asked during a math lesson about coins, and I was unprepared for my four year old’s answer. Perhaps he didn’t mean it to be profound as he was just sitting in on his olderContinue reading “Worth Teaching”
Waiting.
Oct 20, 2020ย Waiting. It started when we were kids. The waiting drove us crazy as we in turn drove our parents crazy. The “Are we there yet” and “How many more days til Christmas” questions were as plentiful as VHS tapes in the eighties. After more questions than we could count and our parentsContinue reading “Waiting.”
Graceful Monday
Aug 31, 2020 Mondays are the toughest. All chores that were neglected over the weekend surmount and span into every space of my house, leaving no corner kempt. Snack wrappers, yogurt containers, coins, treasures, rocks, puff balls, stringing beads, crayons, bits of paper, old French fries, gobs of squished blueberry, and dirty single socks areContinue reading “Graceful Monday”
Finding Faith
Aug 30, 2020 I thought about how far-fetched it all sounded. Did I really believe that God created a world with Adam and Eve in a garden and that all was peaceful until a tricky snake caused humans to sin? It sounded fanciful and ridiculous to my common sense. All my life the stories fromContinue reading “Finding Faith”
But Have Not Love
Aug 16, 2020 ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐บ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ตContinue reading “But Have Not Love”
Where Were You?
June 30, 2020 Hearken unto me and I will shew my opinion. Job 32:10 I know I probably shouldn’t say this, but I have a hard time getting through the book of Job. To be honest, I just about can’t stand chapters 3-37. That’s 34 chapters of Job, his three friends, and one random youngContinue reading “Where Were You?”
Greatest of These
“Put your love and compassion in my heart so I can show that to others.”ย June 13, 2020 I began to pray this prayer not even knowing what I was asking. Since then, God has shown me just how bold this request is. Jesus was every bit human and every bit God here on earth.Continue reading “Greatest of These”
Surrender
May 25, 2020 “If we stay in quarantine any longer, our economy and businesses will be ruined!” “Coming out right now basically means you don’t even care about the elderly in our community.” “It’s all politics. A political game.” Facts are thrown around with little foundational understanding. News differs depending on the channel. Very fewContinue reading “Surrender”
Reminding Ourselves Who God is
April 7, 2020 It is easy to get into a grievous mindset as we see brokenness and sickness in our world. Jesus knew this and that’s why he told us that we will have trouble. But he also told us to take heart; He has overcome the world. In all the Coronavirus chaos and setbacksContinue reading “Reminding Ourselves Who God is”
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