If You Wait Long Enough
If you wait long enough for God, you will see His goodness, in the end God always wins. Just when you think the battle is lost, God can surprise you with a rather unexpected turn of events. Be Strong. Be Courageous. Be Patient! May your adversaries become your advocates. May God shower you with “making […]
Who Me? How Me? Yes Me!
We see three movements from her story (Mary), “Who Me?” Upon being called a woman favored whom the Lord is with, Mary is confused and disturbed. (Luke 1:26) “How Me?” Gabriel informs Mary of what is to take place through her: the conception and birth of a baby boy who would be named Jesus. Mary […]
Is There A Way To Measure Love?
How can we practice the kind of love that transforms relationships? Mediate deeply on these words: “Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about […]
The Law Of Love Restores The Fallen
Paul writes, “Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently” (Galatians 6:1). The Greek word here for sin is “paraptoma.” It is refers to the kind of slipping and sliding you do on an icy road. Legalism in Christianity is severe on our brothers and sisters who […]
The Ultimate Arrival
One of the saddest things ever written was recorded with these heartbreaking words: “He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.” He was God’s ultimate gift, all the hope that what sin had broken would finally be repaired, that people would finally be reconciled to God, all of these hopes […]
As Far As The East Is From The West
I spent years trying to fix my life until it became a way of life. Meaningful change will take place when we grasp the fact that we cannot work our way out of shame. Once we submit our lives to God, we can experience meaningful change. Only He could heal my life, and until I […]
Worship God In The Midst of Storms
In times of great loss, pain, grief, and suffering, it is easy to get bitter and shake our fists at God because we are human, and our knowledge is limited! But God is omniscient — He is all-knowing. God knows the end from the beginning and His plans for us are for our good and […]
Shame Tells Us We Are Alone…
Shame causes us to retreat, to isolate, and to believe the lie that we are the only one struggling with a particular issue, thought, emotion, or sin. Shame tells us that we are alone, that there is something wrong with us that is unredeemable or unforgivable. In its darkest moments, shame attempts to undermine the […]
Wrong Ointment For Our Wounds…
I have found when I am wounded that my natural reaction is to become stronger. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? Like a wild animal, when we are pushed in a corner, we can fight, and come up swinging. Rather than running towards the only true Strength, we turn inward. The result almost always is sleepless nights, […]
Weeds Of Shame… Blaming and Hiding!
When we feel FALSE guilt, we tend to want to blame others or blame ourselves. If we blame others, we manifest a critical spirit. If we blame ourselves, we feel unworthy and don’t want others to see us as we are and we hide emotionally from others. The solution, embrace what Jesus did on the […]