Category Archives: Our walk with Him

Lean Not: My Fallible Understanding

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 Sometimes the right path ahead is simple to see, but I find more often that life is complex. God isn’t asking me to figure it out – He says, “trust Me.” Submitting to this can be difficult, yet it can also…
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The Insidious Danger of Laziness

Laziness is spoken against very harshly in the Bible. We all move at different speeds, and I am moving slower these days, so where is the line between resting and sloth? Rest is a gift God gives us so we can recharge and continue the work He has for us. Rest is so important that…
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Praying not Saying

“It is one thing to say your prayers and another thing to pray.” I’m not sure where that saying comes from, but I like the reminder. Am I going through the motions? Or am I talking to my loving Father?  Jesus gave us a model for prayer that we’ve looked at the last few weeks.…
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A Harvest of Joy

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Psalm 126:5 This passage has been used to teach that there is joy in the midst of grief or that those who have had a hard life will ultimately find joy in the end. Okay, but I’d like to consider another perspective as well. This poetic…
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