5 Ways God Never Changes As we move into the fall I wanted to share with you some things in my heart. It seems as we all walk out of this quarantine and enter this new COVID life we might have found ourselves changed. Do you feel like you’ve changed? I don’t mean in drastic ways, like pink hair or with a brand new lifestyle. I mean, do you feel you’ve had a shift in your heart? I know I…
Six Ways God Shows Up for Us What if God didn’t show up? What if Adam and Eve walked in the Garden after eating the fruit, and suddenly God just stopped showing up? What if God had left us up to ourselves? Instead, we find that God indeed showed up. He walked back into the Garden, even though sin was now present. God called out to the creation He loved so dearly, even though they were hiding. God called out….
Kindness as an Action Word My son looked at me with sadness in his eyes, “I just wanted to be funny….” I sighed at his plight. Instead of being the “funny” one at school, he often finds himself laughed at (not with), and it hurts my mom-heart to see him upset. Understanding his deep need for recognition and approval I told him, “Son, you can be good at other things. In fact, you are one of the kindest people I…
Is God Good to Me? We live in a world filled with disillusionment. Between cancer and sickness, disappointment and grief, it can be amazingly hard to believe in the real goodness of God, let alone whether God is good to us personally. Looking at our lives we might be disenchanted with the idea of God’s goodness. How can we live believing goodness and mercy will surely follow us all of the days of our lives? This is where God’s goodness…