It’s easy to forget stuff… even when it’s important or impactful. When recalling the events of some of the most important dates in my own life — my college graduation, my sons’ birth days, my wedding — I honestly don’t remember them in great detail. But these...
Have you ever felt like God’s hands are tied and he can’t do anything about your situation? Like he’s just too busy to be bothered with your questions and issues or like he’s just too far away? On my drive back home the other night after a long...
The bombardment of thoughts and negativity will come whenever my focus shifts to myself and away from God. When I focus on my own shortcomings and what I am not, or the times that I have failed, or the times that I have a let myself down and others down, then these thoughts will make me feel disqualified and I will feel rejected. But that is not the truth. My thoughts are not the truth.
I just came up with a simple series of filtering questions to help me personally answer the question, “Is God speaking to me?” 1) Is this thought comparing? 2) Is it condescending and dishonoring? 3) Is this thought inciting fear? 4) Is it promoting disunity? If I...
Was journaling this morning and started thinking about the things in my life that have kept me from pursuing a deeper relationship with God over the years. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it’s a personal reflection that I think others can relate to...