In January of 2019, I joined in with with my local church as we started a 52- week journey reading through the Bible chronologically. Yes, chronologically. Turns out, the books of the Bible to which most of us are accustomed are primarily divided by the type of literature as opposed to the order being based on when the events actually took place. Any whoo... no matter the order or the pace, any journey through the Bible is worth it! This particular journey of mine was no exception. I was Continue Reading
Hope
What happens when we place our hope in money? It gets spent. What happens when we place our hope in people? They act like people. What happens when we place our hope in good health? We catch a cold one day or a cancer diagnosis the next. I believe God has used the past 7 days to try and help me understand why His Word encourages us to put our hope, not on Earthly things, but in Him! God knows we live in a fallen world filled with the groans of pain as women in labor. Every now and again, Continue Reading
Overwhelmed?
I felt overwhelmed. Why? About what? It does not matter. What matters is that I felt it. I had a choice: I could wallow in it or I could do something to change it. (By “it” I’m not referring to the situation. I’m referring to my response to the situation.) I chose the latter. I ran myself some bath water. I lit candles. I turned on music. It was my favorite playlist of contemporary Christian songs. I turned off all the major lights in the house. I got in the bathtub and I took a deep Continue Reading