A slippery slopes can be a lot of fun. As a kid, I used to love zooming down water slides, sand dunes, and just your normal everyday playground slide. They were safe because there was nothing dangerous at the bottom. But what if there was, or if you were not […]
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If you’re digging for dirt, you’re always going to find it, and you’re always going to overlook the gold. I was watching one of the many T.V. cop shows the other night and they were ‘digging for dirt’. The detectives were scouring over the history of a suspect looking […]
Sometimes you have to let the little fish go. Those little offenses that need to be forgiven and let go of. I think I must have been aged 6 or 7 when I caught my first fish. It was a sprat. I went on to catch other fish. When […]
The Bible is full of wisdom from the ages. Reading the Bible can help your Mental Health and bring you to new places of hope and health. What do you think about – all day long. If you’re like me, then it will most likely be about what you’re doing, […]
The word patience comes from the Latin verb ‘patior’ which means “to suffer.” Doctors waiting room, patients waiting, some less than patient. ‘He is normally not like this, we have been here an hour’. The patience of the patient is wearing patently thin! I find waiting difficult. I think most […]
We all have feelings, but what does God want you to do with your feelings? Perhaps God wants you to bring the feelings to God first. I have emotions I am human, and as a creation of God, I have emotions. I have feelings. God feels, so therefore I do. […]
We want to have a life of comfort, but this prayer asks that God bless you with discomfort at easy answers. A dangerous prayer to pray. May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart. May God bless you […]
Jacob was a cheater, Peter had a temper, David had an affair, Noah got drunk, Jonah ran from God, Paul was a murderer, Gideon was insecure, Miriam was a gossiper, Martha was a worrier, Thomas was a doubter, Sara was impatient, Elijah was moody, Moses stuttered, Zaccheus was short, […]
How do you respond when someone spreads rumors about you, gossips, lies, pretends to be your friend while really all they are doing is using and abusing you? A stab in the back. Perhaps they influence other friends to their side of the story. You’re having rotten tomatoes thrown at […]
Paul’s thorn in the flesh could have meaning for you. The greater the thorn, the greater the wound and scar. A ‘Thorn in the flesh’ can disable your walk physically and spiritually, but it can also be a place of growth as it keeps you in humility. Could your thorn […]