Our family has taken an annual beach trip pretty much every year since we were married. This was something new for me as a newlywed. I think I had visited the beach once or twice, but growing up, my family vacations generally consisted of visiting family in other states. We did do some educational and …
Tag: Joy
Spiritual Lawn Maintenance
I’ve been thinking a lot about weeds and overgrown plants lately. Mostly because with all the rain we’ve had this summer, it seems like everything in our yard is on steroids! Yardwork is not our favorite thing to do; it’s a necessity when owning a house but we are not the kind of people who …
The Danger of Being Bitter
Hebrews 12:5-17 – See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many are defiled; that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. For you know that even …
Why do we suffer?
I’ve been thinking a lot about suffering lately; not so much that I’m personally in a place of extreme suffering, but I have a lot of people in my life who are experiencing some very challenging circumstances. It seems like every other day I hear that someone I know and love has been diagnosed with …
Grace Beats Regret
I am struck by a phrase in this verse: that we would be holy and blameless before Him. It doesn’t say “might be” or “hopefully will be.” It says that God chose us, before we were ever born, so that we would be holy and blameless before Him. And why we were chosen to be …
