Bible. Faith. Life.
Bible. Faith. Life.
Bite of Bread, depression, light
(The winner of The Jesus I Never Knew is at the end of the post!) Sometimes darkness sneaks inside my spirit. It circles my brain like a cloud of smoke, pours through my thoughts, and settles inside the crevices of my humanity. The darkness threatens my joy. It sucks the energy out of me. And it leads me to the …
Christmas, Light and darkness
There is something magical about Christmas lights. Ordinary homes transform into gumdrop houses. The outline of barren trees form graceful shapes against the darkness, and inside my home the lights from our tree cast a warm glow. I love to sit in their grace listening to the quiet and counting my blessings. When my kids were tiny, we’d …
Christmas
My body feels like I worked out yesterday. (But I didn’t.) When I awoke this morning and performed my routine stretch with my arms in the air, cracks and pops betrayed my younger self–the one that perceives herself as only thirty. The culprit to my pain was not the gym. . . it was decorating for Christmas. I …
Christmas, Jesus' Sacrifice, Uncategorized
“For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. . . . Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin” (Hebrews 10:14,18). Jesus put the priests out of a job. Sacrifices were no longer required after He came. Unfortunately, I didn’t live during the …
Uncategorized
[Don’t miss the details at the end of the post on how to enter to win a Key Word Bible!] But first…. The turkey is almost gone and there is only one more slice of pumpkin pie. My Christmas wreaths are hung on the doors and a few lights twinkle on the bushes in the yard, but the inside …
