Embracing Change: Trusting God’s Plan for New Beginnings
Life’s changes come with challenges, but God’s faithfulness provides all that is needed to meet those challenges.
This time. This place.
Jeremiah 29:11 resonated deeply with the author, providing comfort during uncertain times in high school and college, and while facing relationship struggles. Questioning life’s hardships, the author later understood that these challenges pushed her to fully seek God. Realizing sin is the root of trials, she found solace in God’s promise of redemption and hope. Despite feeling out of place at times, the author concluded that God places us in specific moments for a purpose, and through seeking Him wholeheartedly, we find direction and eternal promise.
Enough!
How can we feel as though we are enough? The harder we try, the more we are plagued by our failures and shortcomings. Only through Christ and what he has done for us are we found worthy.
100 Days til Easter
I know it seems that I’m getting ahead of the times. I promise I’m not jumping ahead to Easter too soon. But the planner in me is coming out a little bit. When I picked up a devotional journal titled 100 Days of Joy and Strength, I knew I wanted to do something special with…
I Don’t Know
I don’t know. Can we begin to count the times that is the only answer we can give? We crave the certainty that so frequently eludes us. Paula just recently described some of the challenges that may come during seasons of uncertainty. We take in oodles of information constantly, yet there is still abundantly more…
Seasons of Uncertainty
Small talk can be a challenge for me; I want meaningful conversation. At times, crowds overwhelm me. The anticipation of large gatherings where I will see many familiar faces causes undue stress as I think of the number of 30 second conversations I will have to hold. Oh, the brain power that takes, jumping from…
It’s Overwhelming
Overwhelming. It is all just so overwhelming. Wars in various places around the world erode our own sense of security. We hear accounts of unthinkable atrocities being committed and cannot begin to fathom how humans could do such things to one another. Divisions among our fellow citizens appear to be deepening daily. Hateful words flow…
If I Knew Then What I Know Now…
I am not sure I would believe it. Oh, how would my life look different? What pain or illness could have been curbed? What decisions would have changed? I’m sure you could say that about something too, right? It would be easy to say that it started with just a “feeling”, really a “knowing” the…
A New You
Everything New February has arrived! 2022 isn’t so new anymore, but it wasn’t long ago that we were welcoming January with its abundant opportunities to make this new year the best year ever. According to just about EVERY turn-of-the-year advertisement, flyer, and post, a new year means a Brand New You! Did you resolve to…
Thanks for Having Me
Never do we need to wait for a “good” time to visit with our loving God. Never do we need to feel like he isn’t ready for us to spend time with him. There is never a need to wonder if we truly are welcome in his presence.