Encouragement for Christian Women, and a Few Laughs Along the way
Enemies are not always people who physically attack you. They are not even always obvious. Your enemies can attend the same Church, work in ministry with you, and smile when you talk to them. This is an unfortunate truth. (And we must do our part to make sure we are not enemy to a sister …
Sometimes it’s subtle. It sneaks up on you quickly, catching you off guard. If it is left to fester, and grow roots, it can turn into bitterness, and contempt. It often masquerades as something else. Perhaps it feels like anger, making you critical of others’ decisions. This leads to defensiveness of your decisions. (Even when …
None of us are perfect. But God truly wants to work all things for good in our lives. He can take the most bleak of situations and turn it around. But it all depends on our faithfulness to Him and following His leading.
Ever have one of those days you could not wait for it to end? Yea, that was me yesterday. My day started out heavy with burdens but ended nothing like I expected. I was ready for bed around lunch, ready to try to forget what felt like would consume and break me. But, being broken …
The sun rises on a new day and you find yourself faced with an obstacle you just honestly don’t know how to handle. Maybe it’s something beyond your control, it’s out of your hands. This new challenge leaves you feeling helpless, afraid and overwhelmed. We all have times that come into our lives that stop …
So many times in God’s word we are referred to as sheep and He is our good shepherd. We all can visualize what that relationship looks like. We are the ones who need the shepherd’s constant guidance and care. But I wanted to really study out a sheep. What are their characteristics? And I also …
When I was a child, I remember hearing “Not in this family we don’t”. What my parents meant by that was, it didn’t matter what everyone else was doing. There was a certain level of behavior expected from us. There were certain things we were not going to do/say, etc. You know that verse in …
That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, …
…when God answers prayers, he often does it exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we asked him to…
Home-it’s where I am the most comfortable. It is this place I am who I am. It is the place I feel the safest. It is the place that I long to be when all is said and done. It is my place of unconditional love-my family. I grew up in a very troubled home …