In your hurt, you are never out of reach of your Healer. “His mercies begin afresh each day.” Lamentations 3:23 NLT. There are times when you just cannot wait for the day to be over. Schedules weary you; problems worry you. You just want to go to sleep and wake […]
In Christ, God extends grace to all. “Bring [Mark] . . he is profitable to me for the ministry.” 2 Timothy 4:11 KJV I love the Bible’s true-to-life examples. Mark, a cousin of Barnabas, was a young man traveling with Paul and Barnabas on their missionary journey. For unexplained reasons, […]
Get Over It! God gives you the grace to forgive; forgiveness offers the grace to get over it. “See to it . . that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble.” Hebrews 12:15 NIV. There will be things that happen when the best thing you can do is just […]
“When they walk through the valley of weeping – they will continue to grow.” Psalm 84:6-7 NLT. Pain aversion is rarely a formula for successful growth. My thoughts and comments today are about “growing pains.” Life will not be happy all the time; wishing it would be is wasted effort. […]
“My grace is all you need.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 TEV. God’s power increases in your life in proportion to your recognition of weakness. My thoughts and comments today are about a “thorn in the flesh.” While masquerading as strong, we secretly struggle with weakness. Our common humanity is not without […]