Posts tagged “God”
Reminders of God’s love
When the end is near, some begin to reflect on life. This journey back in time can take one to the sweet mountaintops of…
Goodbye regret, hello change
Mid-December regret hits hard. January brims with enthusiasm and renewed determination to change. But all too often, December is the reminder that the year…
The answer to anxiety
I used to really love 1 Peter 5:7. Now I really, really love it. That’s the passage where Peter wrote, “Cast all your anxiety…
You can’t, but God can
Have you ever had one of those days when you say to yourself, “I just can’t”? Maybe you’ve been trying to trust God as…
What life should God give you?
If you were God, what kind of life would you give you? You could give yourself a really good life—stable finances, healthy body, faithful…
How do you stack up?
“Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. Prove me, O Lord,…
God is like my wife
God is like my wife. (Honey, if you’re reading this, there has to be a billion brownie points for that line, right?) My wife,…
Your giants will fall
Maybe your giant is stress. A bad habit. A broken heart. A tendency to lose control when life doesn’t go the way you want. …
Uncertain certainty
I dragged my feet about jumping on to the listening-to-podcasts bandwagon. (That’s an understatement.) Friends convinced me to check some out, and while I’m…
God knows what’s best
“I quit!” says our five-year-old when trying to do his math assignment. Sadly he’s inherited his father’s dislike for math. Do you sometimes look…
In the presence of your enemies
Are you surrounded by people who aren’t all that nice? Maybe a neighbor who is grouchier than Oscar from Sesame Street. Or a mother…
Culture of comparisons
We live in a culture of comparisons. That thought hit me while watching Thanksgiving football last year. I noticed that when the TV flashed…