It was dark as I frantically groped under the covers. In that half-awake half-asleep state, I quickly became alert. Where could it be? I had received it at school. The man had visited our classroom to tell us about Jesus and give us a Bible – a Gideon Bible. I had slept with it in my hand every night since – like a security blanket or favorite stuffed animal. How did I get so easily…
“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 ESV When I become stressed, I usually want to run back to old habits and my old way of handling situations. Do you struggle with that too? Going back always seems easier. We have good intentions but change is hard. So hard that sometimes we’d rather go back to the painful…
Have you forgiven God? As Lary and I talked one morning about life and tough times in our past, I almost said but caught myself, “I forgive Him”. 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, maybe you do too. Can we accept that God is big enough, secure enough, loving enough to…
O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8 (NLT) I rarely pour my heart out to anyone. I share many things with my husband or best girlfriend but there are always places in my soul I leave untouched – veiled. Maybe those places seem too dark or maybe they are just too painful. What do we do with the little sacred…
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