Category: Faith

Lately I’ve been wrestling. I don’t mean physically wrestling; rather I’ve been wrestling emotionally, intellectually, and yes, spiritually. I have a knowledge in my head that should be in my heart, but there’s a war within preventing this knowledge from fully becoming a reality in my heart. The absence of this knowledge, other than in… Continue reading Wrestling

Have you ever given much thought to joy? I’ll be honest, I hadn’t really until this summer. It seems that as I grow, I recognize how little I really know, and how much there is for me to learn. I recently thought about joy for a little while, and I concluded that it would be… Continue reading Joy to the World!

As I said in my last post, God has been stretching and teaching me this summer. Some of the things I’m learning are trust, patience, perseverance/endurance, rest, and joy. A major classroom for patience and perseverance this summer has been at work.Last year I made the decision to quit my full time, with-benefits-job, at a… Continue reading On the Job Training, i.e. Lessons I’m Learning

I really feel like I’ve been stretched this year, but this summer in particular. Not only have I been stretched, but I have been taught. It really amazes me that God doesn’t just use the obvious, major situations to teach me, but He also uses the small, random things—even at work.  Though I’m sure God… Continue reading Summer School, i.e. Lessons I’m Learning

From both the Old and New Testaments, we see that division is not a good thing. In Mark 3:25 Jesus says, “If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” A house divided will never succeed, because there is constantly a war within it’s walls. Every attempted step forward is challenged, and there… Continue reading Undivide and Conquer