Last time we left off with Ruth and Naomi. Naomi left us with three gifts: lead by example, give others free will, and have proper expectations in our relationships. I want to talk more about our leading by example. Jeremiah 31:33-34 (NIV) states, “‘This is the covenant I will make…
Expectations
“So you will be my people, and I will be your God.” Jeremiah 30:22 NIV This was not the first time I had seen this sentence. It was also found in Exodus 6:7 and in Leviticus 26:12. As I was reading this over and over again in Jeremiah (see also…
Whether we like it or not, we all have a past. How do you see your past? More half-full or more half-empty? I’m having a bit of a nostalgic Saturday as I’m headed to my Great Aunt Mabel’s funeral. She lived to be 102 and was such a delightful woman…
Is summer a schedule changer for you? Are you having to pencil in time to see your best friend because of vacations? Not seeing your regular peeps at church because of people going different places? I know as a mom of 3 teenagers, summer is filled with many different activities…
We lost another good person to cancer this week: Jerry. He was the one we met during the first round of chemo treatments. He and Brian hit it off and they talked everyday that week of treatments. Jerry was also the one I wrote about back in November when I…
This is the week of Passover: Holy Week. The Jews have been celebrating Passover ever since they left Egypt so many years ago and made their way to the Promised Land. The idea of Passover was for them to remember where it was they once came from and to celebrate the…
This is the season of Lent. It is a time some people give up something in order to take that time, or their thoughts, to spend with God and think about Him. I have chosen this time to re-evaluate what we have in the house that needs to go. No,…
The other day I was driving when I saw a ton of birds in the sky as they were migrating south for the winter. This site of birds was not your typical one or two birds flying in the sky. Seriously, the amount of birds I saw was about a…
Last week we talked about prayer and how it is important to the follower of Christ. Both the church and the world have expectations of what a Christian, or follower of Christ should be, do, and look like. We knew it was not earth shattering that the Christian thing to…
Last week we talked about expectations of Christians that both the church and those outside of the church have. We then talked about changing our perspective and focus on being a dedicated follower of Christ. How are we to do this in an ever-changing world and society? Let’s look beyond…