When you are in a difficult season, do you feel like your spiritual fruit-bearing is put on hold? Using the example of a fig tree at a local restaurant, Carmen helps us see how our surrendered life continues to bear fruit, even when we feel spiritually dry and unconnected. Verses mentioned: Psalm 1 John 15 Galatians 5:22-23 Carmen’s blog post: When Harsh Conditions Expose Our Roots Connect with Carmen: https://carmenhorne.com/about-me/
What is the purpose of lament in the Bible? Is it still significant for us today? In this episode, Carmen and Kristine discuss the importance of lamenting and why it’s our best response when we’re blindsided by devastating circumstances. Listen in as Carmen and Kristine share their personal experiences, discuss biblical examples of lament, and explain how it can help us through our most trying times. Verses mentioned in this episode: Lamentations 3.22-26 Job 13.15…
Discombobulation. The person who began using that word years ago must have been in the middle of a home remodel. Her shampoo must have been in her bedroom, and the cotton rounds to remove her eye makeup were surely in her breakfast room. She looked in her living room for that bag of clean towels, and she thought, “That’s it. I’m discombobulated.” God is a God of order. How I feel when things and situations…
Have you forgiven God? As Lary and I talked one morning about life and challenging times in our past, I almost said, “I forgive Him,” but caught myself. The thought grabbed me. I bit my tongue and chastised myself for almost going there. I began to think… I began to think maybe I need to go there. And, perhaps you do too. Can we accept that God is big enough, secure enough, loving enough to…
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