Have you ever wondered why faith does not automatically fix everything? Jesus never said if you believe in me I will make all your choices, consequences, and life easy. In fact, Jesus himself showed us our decision to follow God, and think and act like God’s character, will be challenging in this broken world with imperfect people. However, these facts…
These three words make it possible for whosoever believes and accepts Jesus as their Savior, to have a new heart, mind, and life. Only the promise of God and the sacrifice of Jesus made it possible for the spirit of Jesus to live in us and transform us.
Have you ever wondered if Jesus knew how his life would unfold once he started sharing the gospel? From the start people’s ideas of how the Messiah would fulfill scripture was twisted. The Jewish people, God’s chosen people, believed the promised Messiah would come to save them from the oppression of Earthly kings in a military style. They assumed their…
Have you ever clicked a new tab at the top of your internet window only to see a circle spin endlessly? I encountered this experience over and over again last Thursday as I sat staring at my computer screen. No matter what task I tried to get done on the internet, the screen kept crashing. By the end of the…
My mom never went to college, but you would never know it from her remarkable vocabulary. She loved words and the power they had to help her escape into a controlled reality or to solve a problem. She endured the shattering words of broken and hurting people as a little girl. As an adult, she loved to find words of…
The Oxford Dictionary editors add approximately 1000 words a year. The evolution of technology and the words the new generations create will continue to expand our vocabulary. However, just because I have had a few more birthdays does not mean I have lost my creativity. My mother had a large vocabulary, and she loved to teach me big words which…
