This is my story, this is my song...praising my Savior all the day long! Joy has often been elusive for me. Or possibly it was my own idea of what JOY is that made it seem elusive for me. But, just like the beatitudes in Matthew, often God's view of things is totally counter-cultural to the world's. Blessed are those who mourn? Blessed are the meek? Count it ALL JOY when you face trials? The joy OF THE LORD is my strength? YOU will fill me with joy? I have been studying joy & abundant ... Read More about When Joy is Elusive
Unseen: Our Next Book Study
I am so excited to announce our next book study that we will be doing in our closed group on Facebook! (Click here to request to join. I will need to be friends with you on Facebook, so please friend me first.) I was blessed to get an early copy of this book and underlined so many things in it that I just KNOW it is going to encourage SO MANY OF YOU who may be feeling like you are in one big season of being UNSEEN. Sara Hagerty helps us find the beauty and meaning in living ... Read More about Unseen: Our Next Book Study
Give me Hinds Feet for High Places
Though the fig tree does not blossom, and no fruit is on the vines; though the produce of the olive fails, and the fields yield no food; though the flock is cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, and makes me tread upon the heights. Habakkuk 3:17-19 Even though we have struggles, even though we ... Read More about Give me Hinds Feet for High Places
Trust in the Lord
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path." Proverbs 3:5-6 This is such a well known and beloved verse among believers. Yet even for those of us who have been walking with the Lord for many years, this passage can bring such hope and encouragement to our hearts. Do you trust Him? I mean really trust Him? Here is how the word TRUST is defined: reliance on the integrity, strength, ... Read More about Trust in the Lord
When I Am Overwhelmed…
"From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I." Psalm 61:2 When I am overwhelmed by the loss and suffering around me, I remind my heart that God is not overwhelmed. When I'm praying for comfort for others, I remember that He is the God of all comfort and I ask Him to show up in tangible ways. When I am asking God to show me ways to love on those who are hurting, I am reminded that I am not called to fix it but to ... Read More about When I Am Overwhelmed…
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