To those who hung with me through my sabbatical – THANK YOU! I hope you see growth and improvement in my writing.
To those who are just now joining me – WELCOME! I hope something you find here that encourages you!
Hope, with a splash of romance.
Hope, with a splash of romance.
To those who hung with me through my sabbatical – THANK YOU! I hope you see growth and improvement in my writing.
To those who are just now joining me – WELCOME! I hope something you find here that encourages you!
When I came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, it wasn’t because someone told me that sleeping around, drinking, and having an abortion was wrong. In fact, the people who told me that are the ones who drove me away from church.
The message I received was, “Stop sinning and trust Jesus so He can love you.”
While we are both fairly adept at meeting these needs when we are at home, I recently came to realize they were causing some mismanaged expectations during our Quality Time moments.
It all comes down to defining what “Quality” is to Robert verses what it means to me.
We must stop condemning and judging people and groups of people who want nothing to do with Jesus. To be honest, they probably have good reasons for why they don’t want to hear it. Our job isn’t to make it worse, our job is to remember why Jesus came in the first place.
Music has always been a direct line into the deepest parts of me. When a song or a lyric connect with me, there are moments when God’s voice inside me is louder and clearer than at any other time of prayer or study.
I now live my life FROM acceptance, not in pursuit of it, and that changes EVERYTHING. It is a foundation that can’t be shaken, altered, or taken away from me. I don’t do things so that God will love me or love me more. I do what I do BECAUSE God loves me, and because I love Him, I want to please Him. I don’t have to please Him so He will love me.