Category: The Church
What is Your “Thing”?
This morning I caught about 15 seconds of the news before I changed the channel. There was a person in her early 30s who wrote an article for a newspaper in New York about women and men and …
Friendship in Marriage
Friendship First: When I asked John what he thought the basis of our marriage was, he responded “We were friends first, and it grew from there.” In Genesis 2:18-24 Marriage is Gods idea. From the beginning of time, …
Spiritual Friendships
Spiritual friendships are not typically something girlfriends have conversations about- unless you are already spiritually connected to one of your closest pals. The most important relationship to have spiritually is with the Holy Spirit. The second is with …
Friendships with Non Christians
There are many Scriptures which refer to how to be a friend and Gods expectations for us in our friendships. Lucky for us there are also very clear instructions on what not to do. Most of these things …
Seasonal Friendships
Picking up where we left off last time, I would like to explore seasonal friendships. For everyone, seasons in our lives come and go sometimes without us even noticing what has happened. I remember leaving a job of …
New Friendships
Think of the last 3 conversations you have had with 3 different friends. What did you talk about? *Haircuts? *Clothes? *Handbags? Were your conversations surface junk? Were they shallow and politically correct? Were they in the grand scheme …
January Snow and Friendship
I love the first heavy, fresh fallen snow. It is so clean and beautiful. I try not to mess it up too bad, for as long as I can. I walk the dogs in the same path each …
the Real Gifts of Christmas
If you are like me, then you spend countless hours making sure everyone you are getting a gift for gets what is suited for them….For some people giving a gift is a obligation, not a joyful moment of …
Isaiah 30:18-21
There are some verses in Isaiah that I have learned to depend on when I feel like I have lost my way. The entire passage fills me with hope and conviction to trust God and obey His word…It …
Reaping what you sow….
Sometime last month I heard a person say “you reap what you sow”. Yes, I believe a person does reap what he sows- it is biblical after all. However, there was a certain context to this message that …
