Why is it that when we mess up, we want to beat ourselves up over and over and over again? Then when we do get up, how do we solve the problem? Maybe we decide to “get more serious about our faith,” or go to church more often, perhaps read the bible more frequently or…
Oh, Lord, help me to see others as you see them. Help me not to look at their flaws and their scars as I am prone to do. Help me not to compare myself to others. Help me to stop thinking of me first and then the world. Show me how to love as you…
I love this song–especially with the video (see it at the end of this post). When love sees you… How many get it? God loves you. He died for you. When you are hurting and scared and feeling all alone, He is there. He feels your pain. Before I went to work, I had my…
Here’s the scene, and I’m sure you’ve been there, too. Satan whispers before you even begin, “Don’t even try. You’ll never succeed.” He hisses in the midst of a trial, “You can’t do this. Just quit now. You’re on your own.” When you already feel defeated, he growls, “It’s okay to give up, nobody cares anyway.”…
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Welcome to Blogging through music! Since music is such an important part of my life, it felt natural to come up with this. Casting Crowns has got to be my all-time favorite group. Don’t get me wrong, there are LOTS of great Christian artists and groups out there, but CC just always hits right to…
“Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not…
To truly consider loving like Christ, we must first look at… How Jesus Loved Now on a hill far away stood an old rugged cross The emblem of suffering and shame I remember the nails through My hands And your name in My heart And how in their wordless way the nails explain The…
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, – James 1:17 (Note: This was originally written in 2014. Some links and offers may not be current. I’ll be going through and updating as I am able. If you notice something wrong, please let me know…
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As a young believer studying God’s Word, I often found myself bypassing books, like James and 1 John, due to the fact that the text in those books appeared to conflict with what I had always been taught. When I would read epistles of the Apostle Paul and compared the language with James, for example,…
His Masterpiece (a work in progress) Jenn and I watched Ragamuffin the other day, a movie about the life of the late Christian singer, Rich Mullins. We had always been a big fans of Rich’s music but knew very little of his actual life, so the movie was a real eye opener. While we didn’t…
Thanks so much to Roeshel for the use of her amazing tire images! Check out her blog post about upcycling an old tire. Sometimes I feel like such a failure! More often than I’m comfortable with, my little world seems to spin out of my control. I *line up my failures, and count them again….
