We have all done it; something well-meaning yet dangerous. During a season of painful reminiscence, we turn around and look at our Sodom. Those burning memories that have scorched our hearts. Flames that flicker and illuminate our faults and failures. The smoke still lingers as a reminder of what happened. A past that the Lord …
Before your mind goes on a roller coaster of possibilities based on the title of this post let me explain. Naked carries a dual definition. The first we are all familiar with. The second is what we will focus on. a person or part of the body without clothes undisguised; blatant, as relating to behavior …
You know those days, where nothing goes according to plan. It is an all out assault on your sanity and it is only 8:00 in the morning. We regress to our inner toddler and have a full-out temper tantrum. Then after said fit, we ashamedly return to our adult selves and realize that today is going …
Continue reading Forget the Bumps in the Road. What About the Potholes?
Hey y'all, if a swipe or a click brings you to my little corner of the internet, please take a few minutes to look around. Encouragement might just come your way. It's roll call time. Who had a bad day yesterday? We are flesh and although we serve a mighty King, we have bad days. …
I must admit I got a little chuckle out of the title myself. I use the term high horse more than I would like to own up to. I will say things like, "Look at so-and-so, they rode in on their high horse" or "get off your high horse". Just in case you find yourself reading …
Continue reading Humility| 3 Ways to Make your High Horse Lame
For most of us the last few days have been a whirlwind of eating, laughing, smiling, and maybe eating some more. Perhaps you just celebrated your first Thanksgiving without a loved one, possibly it is your first Thanksgiving as a married couple, or it just so happens to be your little one's first Thanksgiving. Whatever …
Continue reading An Attitude of Gratitude the other 364 Days of the Year
The world is cooking up an all-you-can-eat buffet of sin to entice us with. As we patiently wait in line to see what God has on the menu for us, we may be tempted to indulge on a snack of discouragement. Discouragement is a lethal emotion that drenches our walk with God. Struggles with discouragement have …
O.k. y'all (cue the dramatic dum dum dum, I am Southern) as followers of Christ we know that our greatest growth comes during times of adversity. When we are pressed to the wall and can barely breathe because the world has squeezed the life out of us. The little breath we do have left comes …
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