Passion defined: intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction the sufferings of Christ between the night of the Last Supper and his death Last night, on Good Friday, I took myself to a quiet place in the house to watch The Passion. In the rush of the day, an intense, driving feeling or conviction washed…
Category: Soul Work
His Work
In the Garden
One of my favorite hymns is In the Garden. I come to the garden alone….He walks with me; and He talks with me; and He tells me I am His own…. When we are feeling overwhelmed, we often go to our place of comfort and safety. Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray…
If God were in the locker room before the big game: Time for a pep talk!
You are beautiful. Life is good. You have a purpose beyond your circumstances. God’s love never leaves you, and He promises to never forsake you. You are filled with so much potential, and God desires for you to live your life filled with this knowledge, and to trust His outcomes. You are adored and treasured….
You can always come home
Home. the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household. Your dwelling place is uniquely different. The decor, the smell, the pictures on the wall, as well as the food in your refrigerator all support your idea of a safe, happy haven. At the end of the day, you…
Don’t Quit
In most areas of our lives we can decide to move on or quit. If a job, friendship, or hairstylist is not working out, you can look elsewhere without serious consequences. Marriage is different. We face so many challenges and unexpected seasons in which we live out our vows of “for better or for worse”….
Reboot Your Conversations
Celeste Headlee’s TED talk provides an excellent resource on how to engage in conversations in a world that is more polarized than ever. Everyone wants to be heard, and rarely is anyone listening. My mother shared with me in a conversation recently that everyone is a hero. Everyone in this world has a voice, a…
A moment can change us
The moment happened in a blink of an eye, but all events leading up to the moment were calculated by God himself. The God moments. You and I could argue that these moments frequent our day, but there is something about a moment in which you experience time standing still, and you step out of…
Friendship
Last night in Woman of Worth, we discussed friendship. As an activity, we made friendship soup! We discussed the importance of choosing friends wisely, forgiveness, and the number one friendship killer–gossip. Someone asked Jesus how many times do we forgive a friend? Jesus says to him, “I say to you not up to seven times,…
Love is NOT all you need (Sorry Beatles)
Yesterday we talked about clinging to what is good. This morning through a series of readings in my devotional time and a text from my oldest daughter to watch a video on Millenials, I’m bursting to share. I’ve been married for almost 28 years come this February 4. When we said our vows in our…
Cling to what is good
Cling to what is good. “Hold on tightly” to what is good. Remember your grip on the monkey bars at school? You were determined to swing to the other side without falling. Clinging to something for dear life conjures up in our minds the physical and emotional. Our muscles tighten and our determination to hold on…
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