AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO DELIVER A friend of mine passed away about a month ago, she was younger than I am. Hadn’t spoken to her in years. But I was thinking eventually I would see her and we would catch up about all the time we’d missed. This wasn’t something I was planning to write… Read More Tomorrow Is Today: Let Faith Do the Talking
Colossians 1:16 “For through him God created everything in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen things, including spiritual powers, lords, rulers, and authorities. God created the whole universe through him and for him.” MASSIVE UNDERTAKING There seems to be an increasingly growing intention of reframing the very grounds of belief in spirituality… Read More Spirituality Without God: There’s No Such Thing
LONG-SUFFERING Atheists say they want proof of God’s existence, but they can’t disprove God exists. They don’t believe the Bible is reliable, but they can’t explain why the Bible is the only manuscript that’s been copied many more thousands of times than any other written document in human history. Unbelievers want to know why God… Read More What’s the Rush: The Only Decision You Need to Make Right Now
SEEKING WORTHINESS NONSENSE Why is it so hard to believe that forgiveness from God comes at the beginning of our relationship to Him through Jesus, and that that is the starting point of our Christian walk? The beginning of our journey is not the “pursuit of achieving worthiness to get into Heaven”, because that would… Read More Forgiveness, Jesus as Lord, & the Power of Prayer
NUMBNESS OF HEART Pain is arguably among the most universal sources of faithlessness. Many blame God for their pain and deny His existence because they refuse to accept the concept of a God who allows suffering. Many people attempt to hide their response to pain with stoicism. Some are convinced they have “overcome” pain with a… Read More Departing from Stoicism: Allowing Ourselves to Feel
ROOTS OF PASSION FOR WISDOM As I’ve grown older, knowledge has become somewhat less important to me, and wisdom has become more prominent. What influenced the change is recognizing that knowledge doesn’t bring me any closer to understanding myself on a personal level, whereas wisdom challenges the very roots of my character, pushing me towards… Read More God’s Wisdom Breathes Jesus’ Love For Us
Many times we get stuck thinking God has grown silent. Maybe what’s really happened is we haven’t yet figured out how to discern His voice from the noise of the world. Sometimes, I even find God’s silence to be most satisfying response. LISTENING TO SILENCE When I pray, I know God is listening. I don’t always… Read More God’s Voice Amidst the Battle Cry of Life
Before I received Jesus into my life, I was an atheist; and before I was an atheist, I was raised Catholic in a very traditional church where repetition seemed more sacred than relationship, and repentance more emphasized than forgiveness or grace. The concept of God always seemed one-dimensional, and never pulled at me during those… Read More Recognizing the Broken Soul In the Mystery Of Faith
God knew what He wanted with humanity far before He even breathed the Big Bang. All of creation was done for Jesus and by Jesus, and that makes the story of creation that much more beautiful, saturated in sentiment. OUR LOVE STORY WITH GOD While many people look shamefully towards the cross, the cross represents… Read More Paving the Path For Trusting God: Part 2
CAREFREE = TRUST, IN WHO? Sometimes, trusting ourselves can be hard. Having a difficult time trusting ourselves can also have an impact on our trust in God, whether for better or worse. If you’re a Christian, you may understand that trusting in God is most difficult when we have a hard time surrendering our fear… Read More Living in the Freedom of Trusting God
