Bible. Faith. Life.
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It’s been a devastating week of death, hatred, and injustice. Sorrow has manifested in riots and destruction since the death of George Floyd. Our country needs healing. I believe kindness could begin the process. The kindness I’m talking about does not come natural to us. As broken people living in a shattered world where discrimination, fear, and hatred often force …
Don’t Let Fear Win Every once in awhile I hear the radio announcer say, “You can trust God or be afraid, but you can’t do both.” It’s true. Yet fear plagues many of us who believe. Why is that? Is it because God is invisible? Do we fear because we’ve experienced so many problems or heartaches? Do our fears revolve around …
Self-Control When I Have None I’ve always thought it ironic that self-control was the last Fruit of the Spirit. Did Paul write it that way on purpose? In my life, by the time I repeat Galatians 5:22-23 (the Fruit of the Spirit verse), I usually have some self-control. I repeated this verse often as a stay-at-home-mommy with little kids. It …
Fear keeps us from going forward. It has a way of sneaking up on us and choking out all the energy and courage we might have held a few hours ago. As I type this, I’m reminiscing of the times fear got in my way. Once I almost missed an amazing hike to the top of a mountain at Glacier …
I was raw a few weeks ago. Sad. Lonely. Struggling with life. We all have our days, don’t we? Those moments when we can cry at the slightest mistake, unkind word, or challenge. During that raw week, I kept hearing the saying choose joy! It’s popular these days. I’ve probably taught it myself, but to be very honest, I couldn’t choose joy. …
