Failure is Swallowed Up in Hope
2022-04-06
I can face my failures, and ask for forgiveness because my hope doesn’t rest in daydreams but is the anticipation and assurance of a future reality.Read More →
The Pressure to Perform
2022-03-04
God has made a way for us to push past the false belief we have to be good enough or do enough good for us to be accepted and loved by him.Read More →
Happy Resurrection Day
2019-04-21
New life has sprung forth. Jesus is alive, and He brings the hope of new life to us. When Mary and the others headed towards the tomb where they laid the body of Jesus, they had no idea the great message they would bring to all who would hear, Jesus is alive! He has risen as He said. Jesus was not just a prophet although He prophesied. Jesus was not just a teacher although He taught many great lessons. Jesus was God who came in the flesh to redeem us from our sins. The grave could not keep him. He said, “I have the powerRead More →
The Good in Good Friday
2019-04-19
As Mary stood at the foot of the cross watching her son beaten, battered, and dying, I wonder if she thought, This is a good day. In her wise way, I am sure she reflected on what was taking place and in her mother’s heart, tried to process how all of this could fit into the proclamation that the angel made over her when her son was conceived in her womb. “Blessed art thou among women! And blessed is the fruit of thy womb …For he shall save his people from their sin.” For Mary and all her son’s disciples, Good Friday could not haveRead More →
Speak Words of Life
2019-01-27
Mighty oaks spring forth from dark places. They grow in adverse circumstances. We are like those mighty oaks. Jesus wants to cultivate us and grow us into the purpose He’s planted in us.Read More →