God Gets the Blame “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17 NIV “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyoneContinue reading “Is God to Blame?”
Author Archives: Barbara Hinther
Growth!
“So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.” 1 Corinthians 3:7 NAS “God comes to us disguised as our life.” Paula D’Arcy The above quotes are such a relief! I am responsible to show up, learn, practice, study and rest in God’s love.Continue reading “Growth!”
Beginners
“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.” Galatians 6:9 NLT “Change is hard at the beginning, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” — Robin Sharma Why, oh why do we feel shame ifContinue reading “Beginners”
Slip Slidin’ Away
Photo taken by my late husband when we were on a Snake River Dinner Cruise. “Jesus answered, ‘If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me’.” John 21:22 NIV “Progress not perfection.” Many of us have slipped during our Christian journey. Peter did too. We’reContinue reading “Slip Slidin’ Away”
Abandonment
“Although my father and my mother have abandoned me, Yet the Lord will take me up [adopt me as His child].” Even if my father and mother abandon me, the LORD will hold me close.” Psalm 27:10 NLT “For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But the Lord will take me up.” PsalmContinue reading “Abandonment”
Honor Your Story
My husband and me on our wedding day. “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.”Continue reading “Honor Your Story”
How Do You Do Life?
“Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gatherContinue reading “How Do You Do Life?”
Who Do You Think Your Are?
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9 NIV “If you’re always trying to be normal, you’ll never know how amazing you can be.” Maya Angelou Really,Continue reading “Who Do You Think Your Are?”
Childlike
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 NASB “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”― C.S. Lewis Christianity, if I’m gentle,Continue reading “Childlike”
Perfection? NOT!
“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:48 NIV “Progress not perfection.” AA slogan The above quotes are head-scratching, aren’t they? If you’re a recovering Black Sheep, Scapegoat, ne’er do well, you’re finished before you ever start. I’m a C+ student at best in an A+ faith. There are many more knowledgeableContinue reading “Perfection? NOT!”
Prayers and Musings of a Black Sheep 