Posts Tagged ‘Grace’
Surrounded
I really enjoy being surrounded by family. I love the holidays when we get to see family that we haven’t seen in a bit. I love gatherings for birthdays, anniversaries with friends. I also love being surrounded by friends. Friends are people who love me. Friends are people who care about me. They are often…
Read MoreWhat If?
What if I were born in a different country? What if I were born in biblical times when Jerusalem was being punished? What if I were born in the Ukraine and another country was attacking and destroying all that I know? What if I didn’t know God? What if I didn’t know His Son, Jesus?…
Read MoreRepentance Is Real
I learned a long time ago to own my behavior – especially when I was caught! There are people who will insist that they didn’t do something with video evidence or eyewitnesses. I think it’s important to own my behavior. I think it’s important to admit it when I’m wrong. (I don’t think I should…
Read MoreFaith
I have had faith in God for a long time. I accepted Christ when I was in third grade. The longer I live, the more I get to know Him and the more I love Him. He speaks to me through His Word and He speaks into my heart in prayer and in multiple ways. …
Read MoreBe
I am often busy doing instead of being. I can do this. I can do that. I can go here. I can go there. (I’m sounding a bit like Dr. Zeus!) Doing is busyness. Being is presence. As I read one of my favorite passages of scripture this morning, I reminded that we are called…
Read MoreGrace & Mercy
I learned about Grace and Mercy later in life. I grew up with rules and regulation galore. It was the way of the church that I was part of. It was the background of my parents. The longer I walk with the Lord, the sweeter and deeper my understanding of grace and mercy becomes. There…
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