This is a sponsored post that contains affiliate links. “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV First thing’s first: listen. Don’t rush whatever it is that you want. If …
The Second Greatest
This is a sponsored post that contains affiliate links. “Love your neighbor as yourself, as long as they love you equally in return, vote the same way you do, dress according to your standards, and meet the ethical code that you believe you think they should.” Where in the Bible does it say that? …
“Come to Me.”
This is a sponsored post that contains affiliate links. I have been hearing these words from God for days. Instead of going to the One who saved my soul with my burdens, it’s easier to look everywhere else for answers. But here’s what Jesus says: “Then Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all of you …
How We Should Use Social Media
This is a sponsored post that contains affiliate links. There’s really so much that can be said about this thing that has threatened to taken over our lives. So let’s talk about just a few: #1: “You must not have any other god but me.” Exodus 20:3 NLT This is the most important …
Slaves to Unforgiveness (Part 2)
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?” (Psalm 22:1 NIV) How often, in some form or another, do we, like Jesus–use these words? It’s okay for us to be mad or upset with God. But we can’t be …
Slaves to Unforgiveness (Part 1)
Disclosure: In order to fund this blog, this post contains affiliate links. That means that if you make a purchase using a link in this post, I may make a portion of the profit from that purchase. I think it’s funny how God likes to use my own words against me in …
“Give Thanks to God”
Verse of the Week: “And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.” Colossians 3:17 NLT Today I give thanks to God. It marks 10 months seizure free. When I look back over the last 10 months, I see a lot but …
What Working in Retail Taught Me
“Honey, appreciate having a healthy body while you still do.” *Cringes* I heard this on numerous occasions while working in retail, and I believe one other time outside of working. Here’s the thing: my body might look healthy, but on the inside there’s a lot going on that’s not particularly good. At the time, I was …
Fear of Fulfilling the Great Comission
This week’s Verse of the Week is Acts 1:8- Stop. Do you know what this verse is? Before I include it, (I’ve linked to it, so you can look at the whole verse at the bottom of this post!) this should be one of the defining verses of our faith. So why isn’t it one that …
Salty?
This world is a dark place, but I don’t have to tell you that because all it takes is picking up the remote and turning on the news or looking at Facebook to remind you just how dark it is. With the terror attack in Brussels last week, more local events and so many other …