Beauty and pain. To me, this photo expresses it so perfectly. It’s always both in life. It seems like one is greater than the other at times, but neither one is ever totally absent. Obviously, it’s only a challenge when pain appears to outweigh beauty. If I concentrate on the hurricane, I’ll lose sight of…
My fears range from silly to serious: Fear of losing love Fear of heights Fear of making a mistake Fear of being vulnerable Fear of spiders Fear of misplacing my trust Fear of being betrayed Fear of wasting my time Fear of harm Fear of people Fear of squandered love Too many more to list….
In a biblical context, darkness is the nonexistence of light and light represents God. “God is light.” 1John 1:5 So, the dark is the absence of Him and all that He is. Love, Compassion, Forgiveness, Trust, Devotion, Truth, Mercy, Sacrifice. The dark lacks all that He is, which is: Good. This is why even outside…
This New life in Christ is everything you need it to be. It’s just not always what you want it to be. If you are in it long enough, there might be times that you wonder and maybe you doubt about your role and your purpose. If you never have these thoughts, Amen. But I’m…
One day, I was given a do over. It was the day I was reborn. He, though, loved the original me. Because of that, I didn’t lose myself. It was a restart that made me clean but I remained. His plan was to enhance me with Himself by depositing His Spirit in me so I…
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10 In the last days, the mountain of the LORD’s house will be the highest of all–the most important…
The Rock God, listen to my cry! Hear my prayer! From the ends of the earth, I cry to you for help when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the towering rock of safety, for you are my safe refuge, a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me. Let me live forever in…
pm True Friends are priceless. The ones whom you reserve a place in your heart and give your love to because they are a part of who you are. I believe that is why Jesus used the word friends to describe his new relationship with His disciples. “I no longer call you servants, because a…
This mortal life will never be ours to fully direct. I have given my best effort to influence it’s course, but there are too many other variables that impact my life which are out of my control. From the start it was obvious that this is true because I did not have any power over…
What is the justification a person would have to allow them to alter their life and their heart for a Being they’ve never seen and a Sacrifice they never witnessed? What is so convincing?? Fear, pressure, religion, guilt, appearance, reward,self righteousness love. All of these reasons? Some of them? One of them? None of them?…