The Lord only knows (literally)

May 7, 2013 By 1 Comment

Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;

His understanding is beyond measure.

I wish so much that as I read that verse I felt my heart tremble inside my chest with delight and fear.

I want faith in that verse to change me.  I want it to unclench my heart and loosen the grip I have on the plans for my life.

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That verse is about my God.

He’s great.

He has power just overflowing from His essence.

And you could compare His understanding to the vastness of the universe and you wouldn’t get close to its limits.

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Filed Under: Fighting anxiety, God's bigness

Providence promises for moms

May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Happy Mama’s Day weekend!

I read something on Providence today, and it made me think of mothers.  I imagine, if I were a mom – that would be one of the doctrine’s that kept me breathing.providence

Whether you have had a week where everything is falling apart, or whether it’s been a week of visible blessing, let these 13 truths be the place your feet find to stand:

(1) God is in control of His universe.

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Filed Under: Biblical womanhood, Fighting anxiety, God's promises

Certainty

April 8, 2013 By 4 Comments

On Thursday night I sat across the table from two of my favorite people in the whole world: my two amazing sisters.

We talked and laughed and shared stories of days gone by. At one point my sister answered the question:

If you could have one trait from each us, what would it be?

She didn’t hesitate to answer for me.  My sister would want to have my faith-fullness; to be filled with faith.certainty

It made me laugh a little.

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Filed Under: Fighting anxiety, God's promises

Some honest and embarrassing words

March 19, 2013 By 12 Comments

What a useless hopeless feeling it is: to turn words around and around and find none that fit.

What a tension it produces in my heart: to watch life unfold without control and without power.

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What an awful sensation it is: to doubt truth; to feel something other than faith bubbling up in your heart and leading you to places you don’t want to go.

What a tragedy it is: to wonder if you are a coward because you refuse to open the door to doubt and are unwilling to let questions overtake faith.

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Filed Under: Fighting anxiety, Hard days, Ministry

Evidence of love

March 10, 2013 By 1 Comment

Things that feel wrong this week include, but are not limited to:

  • being so behind on my work emails I could die
  • being so behind on laundry and house stuff that my house is really effecting my sense of peace
  • being  unable to control people and make them do what I want

Obstacles

By God’s grace, I fought through to read Romans this morning and learned that God’s saving grace plays out in a variety of ways, one of which is refusing to let us bow to other gods.

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Filed Under: Fighting anxiety, Fighting discontentment, God as Savior
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