“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”
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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!”
The Committee (in our heads)
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.” Isaiah 55:8 NIV “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” C.G. Jung In my head is a committee. No, not a mental disorder or hallucinations, but voices. They sayContinue reading “The Committee (in our heads)”
Moving Toward or Away?
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:18 NIV “We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 NIV “Operating out of fear or love?” Are we moving toward ourContinue reading “Moving Toward or Away?”
Prayers and Musings of a Black Sheep. (Hint: we’re all black sheep).
A devotional for misfits, outcasts, black sheep, scapegoats and other nefarious types. Do you “step in it?’” Stick your “foot in your mouth?” Struggle with food, booze, spending or another unlikable, frustrating, destructive behavior? Is shame your constant companion? Critical voices? Control, control, control? Anxious much? Stopped a destructive behavior and wonder “what now?” PutContinue reading “Prayers and Musings of a Black Sheep. (Hint: we’re all black sheep).”
Prayers and Musings of a Black Sheep 