Our purpose is not about what we do but about who we are. We choose what we do and hopefully we are loving, kind, gracious, secure, doing it and therefore glorify God. God has filled each of us with purpose, giftedness, talents. As we spend time with Him, reading His word, sitting in His presence, …
Category: faith
Choose love.
What do we often choose instead of love? We choose to be unkind. We choose to be selfish. We choose to judge. We choose to compare. We choose to be bitter, resentful, angry, and any other emotions that do not serve us. When we choose something other than love who feels something other than love …
LOVE.
Love is a skill you learn. Love is a thought, a feeling, an action, and a result. “Love your neighbor (the people in your life: family, friends, strangers) as yourself.” We must know love to offer love. We practice loving. To live a life of unconditional love, we must believe we are loved, know we …
Searching.
I sometimes feel like I am on a constant search to find the “thing” that will make me “better.” We seriously sometimes think there is some thing or some circumstance that will make us better. We think, once I get married, once I have kids, once I get that job, or the promotion, or when …
Practice believing.
We all want someone else to be kind to us, to believe in us, to support us, and encourage us, and tell us we are doing a good job. To include us and make us feel good about ourselves. And that is great if we have it. But I want to ask you, are you …
Emotionally Strong.
I tried Christian counseling in 2016. I wanted answers. I wanted to know what I was doing wrong. I wanted to know what I needed to do to feel better. I quit going after a few months because I felt I was just rehashing my story and getting nowhere. The counselor said, “you have more …
Do you ever have…
Do you ever have those days or those weeks or those months where you just can’t seem to get ahead, or it feels like nothing you do is right, or life just feels overwhelming. Maybe you had a trip or a work thing that threw off your “normal” rhythm and then it seems you just …
Teenagers.
Last weekend, I had the privilege of getting to stay with my teenage niece and nephew while my sister and her husband were out of town. It was a delight to spend a few days with them and observe a small part of their lives. My observations and our conversations caused me to reflect on …
Expanded Capacity.
For years I was overly concerned with what other’s thought about me. And I often thought they thought I was too emotional. I thought I was too emotional. I wanted to stop my emotions. But thankfully, God has shown me… Too often we make how someone else feels or what someone else is doing mean …
The Condition of Being Human
Last week I read, “Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.” – Henri Nouwen I think I can come across as “just think positive, on God’s Truth, and all will be well” sometimes, which I do believe. But I also believe that we must allow what we feel. We must learn to …
seeking and discovering a better WAY 