“Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy” (James 1:2 NLT) Joy really is unspeakable. Have you tried to describe it? Happy is laughing, cute shoes, ice cream, and jeans that fit. Happy is easy. Happy just brings a smile to our faces. Tears can accompany joy. I’ve learned to appreciate joy. Why? Because sometimes happy just isn’t possible. Trouble has a way of finding us. Joy…
Today is Five Minute Friday! This is an opportunity to free-write for five minutes. The prompt today is “belong”. There are times I feel like I don’t belong in the writer’s “club”. Some days there are so many words, my fingers can’t type fast enough. Yet, on other days I am convinced my heart holds not one more word to share. Has God called you to serve in an area where you feel you don’t…
Some days I need a big eraser. Do you have those days in your life’s book? Red eraser crumbs would be sprinkled across the pages of our lives. Evidence left behind of our mistakes, sins and difficult days. I feel like Paul, “I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.”(Romans 7:19) My sin nature is constantly working against me. How…
On page 420 of the old red hymnal it can be found, “My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.” Wooden cross, willing sacrifice and selfless love are the stones lain by our Savior, Jesus. Eyes closed, memories filling my mind, I sing “The Solid Rock” to the top of my lungs. Hope is… A part of that great threesome in 1 Corinthians 13:13, “Three things will last forever–faith, hope, and…
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