But the fruit produced by the Holy Spirit within you is divine love in all its varied expressions: joy that overflows, peace that subdues, patience that endures, kindness in action, a life full of virtue, faith that prevails, gentleness of heart, and strength of spirit. Never set the law above these qualities, for they are meant to be limitless. Galatians 5:22-23 The Passion […]
Healing changes things, so like viewing a movie on playback, the ability to pause and observe pain simultaneous with grace, while cloaked in peace surrounds me. Even when I’ve begged Him to let me go. When we first found out something was amiss with our youngest daughter, we hunted scripture to sustain us. “The Lord […]
Friend, are you longing for a turnaround? We all struggled with discouragement and weariness this year. Life as we knew it has completely changed with a global pandemic, uncertainty, division and chaos. Each of us has received a share of new challenges and problems. Do you often cry out to God as I do, asking […]
“The Lord will comfort Israel again and have pity on her ruins. Her desert will blossom like Eden, her barren wilderness like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found there. Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air.” Isaiah 51:3 NLT As I lowered my husband’s ashes into the ground, I felt like my faith, […]
I avoided looking at photos in these first months after my husband died. I simply could not stand the piercing pain stabbing my heart when my eyes fell on his face smiling from a photo. Maybe you too miss a loved one. Then you know this heavy mixture of sorrow, grief, sadness, discontent and anxiety. […]
I didn’t take medicine until I was 20 years old. Not Tylenol, not even cough drops. I was taught that there was no such thing as disease or death. “Man is incapable of sin, sickness, and death.” Raised by a devoted Christian Science family, we faithfully followed the book that claimed to be the key […]
I have heard the phrase “life between two gardens” explained a few different ways. But when I think about how this applies to me, it strikes me as being that Journey between the two Gardens: Eden and the Grave (the one where Jesus’ body laid in the tomb). Eden was the place where life began, […]
Titus Two 