Reconciling Our Hearts to the Truth
| Forgiveness series | When He asks us to forgive, He invites us first to receive His forgiveness so that we are empowered to simply pay it forward. I love the disciples. So often they do exactly what I would picture myself doing or ask the very question that’s on my mind. Take Matthew 18 …
| Struggling to Conceive series | My Gift On Mother’s Day, we shared about our first miscarriage as we said Happy Mother’s Day to those who’ve struggled to conceive or had a loss. My Father’s Day gift this year represents something of a milestone for this story. Little Evie came in time for Father’s Day. …
| What Is Love series | His Love Saves Us In the story of the adulterous woman that we discussed last week, it’s inspiring to see the way that Jesus showed His love for her when He defends her and refuses to condemn her. We stopped just short of the end of this story though. …
| Resting in Our Weakness series | In our last post I promised to share something God showed me that helped me see the gift of salvation in a whole new light as we finish this series on Resting in Our Weakness. It comes from the end of our passage in Matthew 11; in verse …
| Resting in Our Weakness series | Last week we took a break from our series on rest for a special post for Mother’s Day. This week I’d like to pick up with the second in our series on Resting in Our Weakness. Humility vs. Meekness “Take My yoke upon you and learn from me, for I …
| Struggling to Conceive series | Our Story When Monica and I got married, we planned to wait a year before having kids, but apparently God had other plans. Abigail was born just 10 months after we got married, literally as soon as possible. Even Elijah was born just 14 months after Abigail. While the …
| Resting in Our Weakness series | Finding Rest “Come to me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) That’s a promise I’d like to cash in on. But, how do we? It goes on to say, “My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11:30) I …
| The Power of Prayer series | Does God Hear Us? We saw last week that God desires to bring us closer. His voice has the power to change us for the better, but sin can cause us to hide our hearts from Him. In hiding our hearts, we are unable to hear His voice. …
| The Power of Prayer series | If you want to hear God more, let Him lead the conversation. Why Can’t I Hear Him? We all want to hear God’s voice. When I felt led to start this website, I wanted to be sure it’s what God wanted. So, I set aside time to take …
Knowledge only becomes eternally significant when it inspires us to love better. As I was reading 1 Corinthians, I came across the familiar chapter on love. After strolling through the recognizable list of all the things love is and isn’t, I was surprised to find a verse I’ve read many times: “as for knowledge, it …