Hebrews has always been an interesting book of the Bible since we don’t know who wrote this book. I finished reading Hebrews a few months back and I’m still mulling over Hebrews 12:1-2a (NLT): Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of…
Spiritual Battle
This week our church had a prayer drive around Nashville…the city we call home. Nashville is still on pretty tight lock-down regarding get togethers. We all met in the church parking lot, followed along with the map provided and listened to pre-recorded prayers when we came to our next location….
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.2 Corinthians 4:8-10 NASB Why is…
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I feel and trying to figure out how to solve life’s issues right now. I’ve come up with nothing. I have no solution, I can’t fix my problems or your problems. Something seems wrong about my not being able to make things…
Do you ever feel you just need a new beginning in your life? A new start? A do over? Each January, I wite a summary of the previous year to see where our family has been and to see my perspective of things. I was caught off guard as I…
These past few months have been hard; emotionally and mentally hard. I’ve put off writing this blog for a couple of weeks because I would prefer to be positive and say all is well and all is good. Yet, saying “life is hard” somehow seems a bit defeating. Still, life…
Easter has come and gone. We are in the 50-day waiting period before Pentecost; when the Holy Spirit was given to us. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like to wait. I don’t like to wait because that usually means I’m not in control. After Jesus rose from…
Yesterday in Sunday School we were discussing “It is Finished” written by Jason Nelson and David Dorn. This was a series we recently found on RightNowMedia.org about the Lenten season. As I was preparing the lesson, the discussion was around “thirst” and how Jesus cried out on the cross, “I…
Why should you be you? That might seem like a strange question to some, but there are others out there ready to scream, “I wish I could be me”. We have so many voices in our heads at any given time, it’s easy to understand why our voice seems to…
That’s a loaded question, right? Are you ready to heal? Heal from what, you might ask. Your past? Your present? Your failures? Well, that’s for you to decide. We all have scars, bruises, and cuts that we have to handle. Not all of these wounds are faults of our own….