"Your love has given me much joy and comfort, my brother, for your kindness has often refreshed the hearts of God’s people."Philemon 1:7 (New Living Translation)Hey girlfriends!I just wanted to tell y'all why I love being a woman today. I was at my local gym getting ready to try to sculpt my flabbiness when my eyes landed on a small huddle of three women. The woman doing the talking had her back … [Read more...] about The Gift of Empathy
Archives for November 2009
When He Doesn’t Fit
"...the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were."Romans 4:17 (NIV)I think one of the reasons I wandered into a no man's land in my relationship with Jesus Christ between the end of high school until I was thirty was because I could not reconcile some of the painful experiences that God had allowed me to go through. Because I could not satisfactorily … [Read more...] about When He Doesn’t Fit
From FEAR to FAITH
"Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge." Psalm 62:8 (NIV)I live in a neighborhood full of hills. I do not even need to go to the gym to get an aerobic workout if my feet move fast enough beneath me. There is something about being out in nature that sets my spirit soaring and my mind talking to my Creator. I have about seven passages of Scripture … [Read more...] about From FEAR to FAITH
The Strength of Weakness
"Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong."2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NLT)It was January 31,1997 and I … [Read more...] about The Strength of Weakness
Not Forsaken
"We've been surrounded and battered by troubles, but we're not demoralized; we're not sure what to do, but we know that God knows what to do; we've been spiritually terrorized, but God hasn't left our side; we've been thrown down, but we haven't broken."2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (The Message)I have been reading through the gospels since the end of September in my One Year Chronological Bible by Tyndale … [Read more...] about Not Forsaken
Satan’s Meeting
"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." 1 Peter 5:8 (NIV)Please scroll down to the playlist at the bottom of my blog page and silence the blog music so that you can hear the music that accompanies the video. Very powerful.My pastor shared this very convicting video with us yesterday. … [Read more...] about Satan’s Meeting