Each set of hands tells a very unique story, over the years gathering scars and marks that tell the stories of what those hands have been involved with. You can tell a lot about a person by their hands. A mechanic’s hands might be a little grease stained, and perhaps a little battered and bruised. A pianists’ hands will most likely be soft, and have long graceful fingers. A carpenter’s hands would most likely be rough and calloused from hours of working with the tools of the trade.
Read MoreI remember sitting by my father’s hospital bed thinking, “I can’t even pray, why can’t I pray? I don’t even know what to say; I have no words. Where are you God?”
Read MoreLife is going to throw some really hard things at you and you will think to yourself “this is not fair, I didn't do anything to deserve this”. Truth is you probably didn't do anything to deserve it but God works in mysterious ways and we may never fully understand why bad things will happen to us, and if we aren't careful we will allow these things to make us bitter and steal our sweet spirit.
Read MoreDo you truly trust God to answer your prayer? And are you okay with his answer even if it’s not the one that you expected or the time you expected it to come. We always ask God for healing or answers to questions that go in a direction that makes it easier for us to bear. We forget that God is the one that knows what is best for us.
Read MoreCan we for a minute pretend this coffee cup is our life? Whatever we put in our cup of life is what is going to spill out when someone or life bumps us and whatever we have filled our cup with spills out.
Read MoreI open my Bible and read my own notes surrounding other Psalms and laugh at how lame I am, in the top left corner it reads "check yourself before you wreck yourself" and on the right middle it says "think of the ship in the movie frozen on the waves in the storm" Like really... that's the best reference I could relate to? I should write a stinking commentary.
Read MoreStrength comes from hard work. There’s just no way around it. If you want to be strong, you must exert energy and stress on those muscles in order for them to get stronger. The same holds true for our spiritual life. We must exercise our spiritual muscles in order to be spiritually strong. The problem lies within the fact that most of us hate exercise—physical and spiritual. I hate to sweat. I think it’s gross.
Read MoreWhat new Christians do not realize is that it is not the first time you fall that it is the hardest to get back up. It is the second, third or fourth time you make that fall-that choice to sin. It is a shameful thing to have to say “Yes, I am a Christian. Yes, I know better but I did it again.”
Read MoreI love food. I love to eat. I love to cook. I love to bake. I love good-for-me food. I love bad-for-me food. I love food. Are you a picky eater? Do you love food? (Do you know that there are actually people in this world that FORGET TO EAT?!?!?! While I love food, I can also be a picky eater. I don’t like pancakes. I don’t like donuts. I don’t like bacon....foods that many love. I can be PICKY.
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