Bible. Faith. Life.
Bible. Faith. Life.
marriage, Word WednesdayThe steady, obnoxious  rain forced the wedding inside. We scrunched together around tables that would later be used for the reception and dinner. Twinkle lights brightened by the dreary day laced the ceiling romancing the mood. Despite the change of venue, it was a cozy, sweet, beautiful wedding. It’s the third wedding I’ve attended in four months. That’s a lot …
Bite of Bread, God's loveDo you need to know that God is on your side? I pray these scriptures will help. Believing these verses from Romans 8 is key to our freedom, because believing God loves us and has purpose for us breaks strongholds of self-pity and victimization that chain us from living lives that bring God glory. We are not victims; we are …
prayer, UncategorizedThis is one of my favorite verses. I love the implications. Colossians 1:15. I love this verse because God, the creator, the righteous, holy judge, can seem so angry, so untouchable, and so far away. . . until I read about Jesus. And then suddenly He is a God who eats with sinners, chooses unlikely people to be His disciples, …
Bite of Bread, prayerSometimes when I pray my prayers feel empty, vain, and repetitious. I find myself praying the same prayers over and over again mostly for safety, health, wisdom, and to be used by God. These prayers aren’t for me most of the time. I pray them for my children. Sometimes it’s hard to know what to pray …
marriage, Uncategorized, Word WednesdayPlanning a wedding in two weeks doesn’t allow much time for marital counseling. I think we spent only thirty minutes with our pastor twenty-five years ago. As we settled into chairs facing our silver-haired sage, he opened his Bible to Ephesians 5:22 and read, “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.” Yep, those were the first words of …