Reach out to another “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one!” C.S. Lewis Being a Christian means we belong. We belong to one another. We belong to a king. We have a Wonderful Counselor. We have grace and freedom. WeContinue reading “Belonging and Holidays”
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Self-Doubt
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” Isaiah 26:3 ESV “You ought to discover some principle, you ought to have some great faith that grips you so much that you will never give it up. Somehow you go on and say, ‘I know that theContinue reading “Self-Doubt”
Escape or Rest During the Holidays
Escape or Rest During the Holidays? “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 “When your soul is resting, your emotions are okay, your mind is okay, and your will is at peace with God, not resisting what He’s doing.” Joyce Meyer Escaping can beContinue reading “Escape or Rest During the Holidays”
New Year’s Resolutions or Newness of Life
“We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.” Romans 6:4 ESV (emphasis mine) “The beginning is always today.” Mary Shelley Are you thinking about goals, resolutions and accomplishmentsContinue reading “New Year’s Resolutions or Newness of Life”
Have You Fallen?
“For a righteous person falls seven times and rises again, But the wicked stumble in time of disaster.” Proverbs 24:16 NASB “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” Abraham Lincoln I have fallen many times. I’m older and can see most of the trip-ups and face-down experiences in my life. IContinue reading “Have You Fallen?”
I Thank God for You
Gratitude Transforms Us “I thank God for you Christians at Philippi whenever I think of you. My constant prayers for you are a real joy, for they bring back to my mind how we have worked together for the Gospel from the earliest days until now. I feel sure that the one who has begunContinue reading “I Thank God for You”
Ease Up During the Holidays
Ease off the Gas! Quit abusing God’s beloved. “If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and theContinue reading “Ease Up During the Holidays”
Speak the Truth in Love
“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ…” Ephesians 4:15 ESV (Emphasis mine) “To enter into yourself is the brutally wonderful, painstakingly delightful way. It sometimes feels like death, but always comes up life. The alternatives sometimes feel like life butContinue reading “Speak the Truth in Love”
Holidays and Grieving
Be a caring person to those who are grieving. Please be a light to someone grieving. It doesn’t take much. Here’s what may happen to the bereaved. The loneliness and pain during the first few months may cause them to isolate. Many become addicted to food, alcohol, drugs, spending, suicidal ideation and more. I believeContinue reading “Holidays and Grieving”
Thank You, Father, For Our Veterans
Photo is my dad at 17 years. Korean War Period. “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore, keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 NASB “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,Continue reading “Thank You, Father, For Our Veterans”
Prayers and Musings of a Black Sheep 