The Bible is full of wisdom from the ages. Reading scripture can directly support your mental health, grounding your thoughts and bringing you to new places of hope and healing. What do you think about all day long? If you’re like me, your mind most likely drifts toward what you’re […]
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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 […]
A friend and I were talking the other day about ticks. Not the nicest of topics but apparently in Australia they have ticks that can cause paralysis to a dog, and then eventually death. Reflecting on this I remembered what Dr. Larry Crabb wrote. ‘What is a tick there for, […]