Genuine Faith is Valuable to the Lord In today’s H.E.A.R. Journal I find Peter explaining why our faith must be tested. Why? Because tested faith that has been proved genuine is valuable and precious to the Lord. If you haven’t read my other H.E.A.R. journal post, let me give you a brief explanation. …
HEAR Journal- James 1:4 Patience Shows Trust in God If patience shows our trust in God, the reverse is also true a lack of patience shows a lack of trust in God. So, how did I come to this? Okay, let me back up here and explain what a H.E.A.R. journal is. It starts …
Life is Overwhelming Have you ever had a child come home with LICE? I have more times than I ever wanted, once is more than enough and I’ve experienced this special treat 4 times. The amount of work that has to be done, all at once is very overwhelming. If it doesn’t all get …
Lessons I Learned from Job Have you ever identified with a character from the Bible? Or maybe you could see yourself doing exactly what they did given the circumstance. For me it can be in a good way, other times I cringe. When the cringe comes and I want to look away, only …
I love that spring is full of promise. It is so evident in everything that it seems to fill the very air. As the cool breeze brushes gently upon my face the promise is whispered into my heart and soul. Spring is the promise of new life. The spring promise is redemption. Signs …
Do you think much about your spiritual nourishment? Lots of time and money go into on our diet and physical health. But, how much time and effort goes into our spiritual health? Today we are going to look at spiritual nourishment.
God’s Grace in our Suffering Have you ever noticed that sometimes the answer to a question can create more questions and less answers? I feel like that is where we are starting today. Don’t be discouraged though, because God’s grace is all over today’s topic. We will see how God’s grace is in our suffering. …
Is Suffering a Punishment from God? Many people, including Christians, believe that if you are going through a trial, struggle, and/or suffering of any form, it is in some way your own fault. That our suffering is a deserved punishment from God. Even if they don’t verbalize it or even realize that they feel …
Chasing Perfection, Adulting and Folding Fitted Sheets Our culture can be so focused on perfection that we live in constant fear. Let’s look at what perfection is and what it is not. Maybe it is not what we think it is. Not to long ago I saw a meme on adulting that said, …
Praise the Lord Have you ever found yourself relearning something you have learned before? Lately, I have been relearning the power and importance of praise. Although, in 2017 I wrote a guest post for Deb Wolf over at Counting My Blessings, the post was on “Guarding our Thoughts”. In it I said, …
