I’ve been continuing my word study of the Fruit of the Spirit and hit a little detour today. As I search through the Bible for words like; joy, love, hope, kindness, self-control, I’ve been finding a lot of the word, “rest”. They seem to go hand-in-hand quite often. So today, I took a tangent to [...]
“I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.” Psalm 119:147 NIV Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night with your chest tight with worry? You might have even set your worry aside in prayer before you went to bed, only to wake up [...]
This is a continuation from the post, “What Makes Him Him”. “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.” John 15:11 I’m still wondering what joy means to me personally. For some reason, I just don’t get JOY. It’s not the same as [...]
This is a continuation from Hearts Aflame… The story of Mehdi Dibaj stirs something deep within me which is bold enough to ask the question, “Are we ready?” Most American Christians have no concept of persecution or suffering for the sake of Christ. I’m not pointing fingers, casting stones, or trying to heap any shame [...]
Forgive my ramblings today, I’m on fire and not sure where to pour out my heart. I usually take a little more time to compose, edit, and meditate on my posts – but today I sense God saying, “Just spill your heart out.” Recently, He’s been leading me to do that more often. It feels [...]