At the beginning of this Valentine’s month, I decided that I needed more love in my life. By which I mean – my lack of love was painfully evident to me. It was evident in how I spoke, thought, and acted every day, particularly toward my little children. If there’s anyone in the world you think you […]
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Love Is… – 1 Corinthians 13 Series Introduction
Posted in Christian Living, Love Series (1 Corinthians 13), Musings, My Life, Preaching to Myself, Scripture, tagged babies, Bible, Corinthians, kids, love, Scripture, study on February 25, 2015 | 3 Comments »
The Backwards Proverbs 31 Woman
Posted in Christian Living, For Your Amusement, Inspiration, Motherhood, Preaching to Myself, Scripture on August 14, 2014 | 4 Comments »
Anyone can find an inferior wife. Her worth is no more than common pebbles. The heart of her husband cannot trust or confide in her, and he suffers constant loss. She does him evil, and not good, all the days of her life. She avoids finding ways to be industrious, and grumbles when she is […]
I Have Nothing
Posted in Christian Living, Preaching to Myself, Scripture on May 29, 2014 | 4 Comments »
Imagine what a pioneer from the Old West would think if they time-traveled to modern times and stood in your living room – or what if someone from a poverty-stricken third world country found themselves in your kitchen? They would be amazed. Do you ever think about the sheer amount of stuff we have in wealthy, developed […]
Why I Didn’t Always Love Jesus
Posted in My Life, Quotes, Rants, Scripture, tagged children, church, hobbit, jesus, tolkien on May 8, 2014 | 8 Comments »
When I was three years old, I hid inside a closet and prayed to “ask Jesus into my heart”, as they say. It’s probably my earliest memory. By the time I was ten, I recognized that my conversion had not included a confession of my sin or a desire for forgiveness, so I sought salvation […]