Romans 8:35 says, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?” These words may not describe our lives. But, let’s think about each of them for a minute. What in our lives can separate us if we aren’t aware of the importance of them. Most of our lives are lived in ordinary, daily routines. So what about tribulation, distress, etc.? How do they affect you…
Anchored Living life anchored to a correct center or foundation will bring peace and calm, and hold us steady when all around us is in turmoil, troubled, disturbed, unsettled, and shifting. We will be aligned. Not our bodies dictating our feelings or behavior. Not our soul ruling us through our feelings which have no brain. Did you know feelings can’t think? They just feel. Allowing them to rule us is submitting our lives to unthinking emotions. Emotional rollercoaster. They will…
God is always with us. Even when we don’t feel His presence. He promised to never leave us. Always with us. King David understood this when he wrote Psalm 139. 1,2 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. When you sit in the doctor’s office waiting your turn to be seen by your physician. As you sit waiting for your baby…
Life can get overwhelming at times. We are encouraged to be strong. We can do it, etc. But, what if we can’t? Anxiety creeps in and we begin to worry. I give you good news. We weren’t meant to be strong. We weren’t meant to carry loads. We weren’t meant to meet all the difficulties with our own resources. That is not what we created to do. We were meant to be constantly connected to God who has unlimited resources….
Essential faith is there for the bottom line when life is not pleasant. Do you say, “I believe in God. So What? Faith, so what? How does that help me now?” The following is a list of some of life’s difficulties, bumps on our road. Sometimes, more like mountains in our way. How does my faith in God help me in life in real time? Any of the following in your life today? Take your pick of the following: I’m…
Anxiety has no place in the mind of children. They totally trust the adults in their lives to provide for all their needs. As we grow up, we begin to be responsible for more of the areas of our lives and eventually responsible for others too. In the process, we get acquainted with anxiety. According to the dictionary, anxiety is distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune. A dark cloud that prevents sunshine. That brings…
