Beautiful Dresses One morning, I was helping my young daughter get ready for church. When she put on her dress, I could see a change come over her. It was a very beautiful dress that had been a gift to her. It was one of those long flowing dresses that makes a young girl feel […]
A Good Thing or a God Thing How do we know the difference? Do you have a hard time saying no to people? Do you feel obligated to do everything that you are asked to do? As “church people”, we often feel pressured to commit to things because we feel like saying yes is the
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God’s Will Is Always Best I have been reading through the Bible in chronological order this year. I recently read through the story of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and his son Manasseh. Their story spreads across multiple passages of Scripture which I have read many times. However, something was said in one of the commentaries
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I was on my way home from my church one day this week and the sky was filled with gray clouds. It has rained A LOT in my area for the last two months. This is not usual for our part of the south, yet it was about to be another rainy day. The sky
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My daughter once caught a glimpse of some scars on my stomach from a surgery I had recently gone through. She expressed her surprise that they were still so visible since it had been a few months. She told me that she thought they would have been gone by then. I explained to her that,
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I enjoy listening to Dr. David Jeremiah preach and I usually find myself listening to him multiple times each week. He recently shared an illustration about a man which caused me to do a little more research on him. The man’s name was Pablo Casals, and he is considered by some to be the greatest
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Walking Through Storms I recently saw a picture on social media of a snow-covered bison. The caption talked about how bison are one of the few animals that walk into a snowstorm. The one who shared the photo said that this was likely because they knew that doing so would get them through it more
Coram Deo Challenge Once while I was preparing a Sunday school lesson, I came across a phrase that to my knowledge, I had never heard before. It was the Latin phrase Coram Deo which means “before the face of God”. This phrase was taken from Psalm 56:13 and is a reminder that we are walking
Doing It Afraid Like many people, I am absolutely terrified of public speaking. If you ask me to get up in front of a crowd, my heart nearly races out of my chest, and it feels as if everything in me is shaking. I have never liked to speak in front of people. When I
This morning, I reached a huge milestone when I wrote down my 20,000th gift in my gratitude journal. I was so excited, I even shared about it on my social media. It was a great moment, but my excitement took a hit shortly afterwards. I went from rejoicing to grieving in a very short period
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