“Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.” – Proverbs 19:11 ESV Anger is one of those emotions we’d rather not talk about. There’s no good side to anger. Sure, there’s righteous anger where an injustice may prompt us to take up a cause or pursue […]
“With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.” Isaiah 12:3 NIV The State of California is in a drought. The experts are calling it a “severe drought.” I live here. Yep, it’s dry! The rains that normally come in the spring were mere trickles this year, and […]
“God’s temple is sacred, and you are that temple.” – 1 Corinthians 3:17 NIV “If I was to meet your closest friend, what words would she use to describe you?” I recently heard a therapist ask this question. It can be a tough one to answer. What would your closest friend say about you? […]
“Hold on to what is good.” 1Thessalonians 5:21 NLT I wish I could say I knew her, but I can’t. We went to support her daughter but we didn’t know her mom. We heard about her, we heard the stories, but time didn’t allow us to get to know her. If she was […]
“I Thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength to do his work. He considered me trustworthy and appointed me to serve him.” – 1 Timothy 1:12 NLT Mother’s Day is sweet. Then Monday comes and I remember … I’m a mother to teenagers. I’d like to say this feat has […]
“’I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.’” Revelation 1:8 What is your God? Kind of a strange question isn’t it? Shouldn’t it say, who is your God? But I think questioning […]
“He departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.” – Mark 1:35 ESV Do you put off praying because the location, timing, and even your focus seems off? Do you compare or try to measure up to how other people spend time in prayer? I sure have. I think a lot […]
“Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.” Romans 10:17 NIV It caught me off guard the other day, but I wasn’t overly surprised. It seems to be the norm now. It was an ad I heard. An ad […]
