Tag: faith
Updated on January 25, 2016
The Other Side of the Expiration Date
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. – 1 Corinthians 13:7 Recently I wrote a post about having an expiration date. Well, a really wonderful friend helped me to change… Read More
Updated on January 23, 2016
You Have My Surrender
Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. – 1 Peter 5:7 Here are my chronic pains and debilitating aches Here are my “I can’t do this!” and my “Can you hear me?”… Read More
Updated on January 21, 2016
On Limiting Collateral Damage
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires. – James 1:19-20 So yesterday I admitted… Read More
Updated on January 14, 2016
What Does it Really Mean to Rely on God’s Strength?
“I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty…. Read More
Updated on January 6, 2016
Do You Feel Like You Have an Expiration Date?
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90:12). Sometimes this life of chronic illness feels like walking around with an expiration date. The pain reminds us of the weakness of… Read More
Updated on January 5, 2016
The Fear of What is Coming
For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. – Ephesians 4:4 Hope for the future. Do you remember what that feels like? Mostly these days… Read More
Updated on January 4, 2016
What It Takes to Continue
Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am… Read More
Updated on December 26, 2015
One Word 2016: Surrender
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with… Read More
Updated on December 26, 2015
The Maw of Primary Lateral Sclerosis
The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. – Genesis 1:2 When I was in college, my friends and I spent… Read More
Updated on November 30, 2015
The Place Where We Stand… And a Gutsy Goodness Giveaway! :)
Those who live at the ends of the earth stand in awe of your wonders. From where the sun rises to where it sets, you inspire shouts of joy. – Psalm 65:8 I’m a south Louisiana girl. I… Read More
