Backslidden, Wandered, Lost, Unsaved, Hooligan, Bad Influence, Disappointment, Black Sheep. You name it, I was called it. The choices I had made in my late teens/early twenties set me apart from those I had previously called dear. I was now different, stained, tainted. And nobody knew what to do with me.
I think its safe to say that friendship is important to most of us. But as far as friendship goes though, my guess is that we tend to seek those relationships with people who share a similar life-stage to our own. While there is nothing wrong in that, we could be missing out on the huge benefits of those who have either gone before, or are coming after, our own generation.
Being a working mom is really hard. You are expected to do all the things, all the while making sure that your family feels your love and undivided devotion. Being torn between your responsibilities, the never-ending guilt weighs heavy every moment of the day.
In a life twist that surprised no one more than myself, I found that I was in a post-COVID world considering the one place I never thought I’d go: HOME!! I had in my mind what I thought homeschool should look like and we killed ourselves to make it happen. By Christmas break, we were all a pack of stressed-out zombies.
Rest is a unicorn these days. Through the rat-race of life, everyone seems to chase it, but very few are lucky enough to find it. People have many different theories on what true rest is, and how it is achieved. I want to talk about my own attempt to find rest, and how, after years of trying the same thing over and over again, it utterly failed!
Suffering is really hard, and sometimes there is no way to make any sense of it. But God Himself is with you. He is waiting, full of grace, to restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you in Christ Jesus.
Why is it that we ignore the sin that we don’t want to let go of? We cannot stick our heads in the sand. Pretending to not be convicted of your sin is not the same as not being convicted. Ignoring the problem will not make it go away.
With so many of life’s demands vying for your attention every day, the idea of being still before God seems laughable. In our fast paced, success driven American culture, sitting in silence feels like a waste of our time. But it’s important.
God says that He is here to comfort us in our distress and that when we ask, He gives abundantly so that we, in turn, can comfort others.
When searching for inner peace, these three simple strategies are the only tried and true methods that I have found that actually work.
Many suggest rekindling love by creating romantic settings to spice up your intimacy, but there is a better way to show love.