Are my words truthful? Are they kind and pleasant? The Bible gives us some truth about our words. Several years ago I wrote an email to someone to express my heart over a hurtful situation between us. I was careful with my words, trying not to point a finger. My words were not received well and it caused even more separation in our relationship. It eventually worked out and our relationship was healed but I learned a valuable lesson. Another time a friend and I Continue Reading
When We Need to Shift our Focus
We need to shift our focus when we get our eyes off God. It's easy to get our eyes off of God, what He is doing in our lives and seeing His hand in our circumstances. "Shift" by Abby McDonald is an excellent book to help us to be mindful so we can reverse our focus. The subtitle is "Changing Our Focus to See the Presence of God" and that's exactly what Abby's words will do as you read and apply her words. Abby shares some of her personal stories of times when she learned that by Continue Reading
Secure in the storms of life
How can we be secure when the storms of life strike? You are the ship on the ocean of your life. You have an anchor that is mighty strong and it’s available when you’re in a difficult storm. That storm could be losing your job, losing a loved one, or losing your health. We face all kinds of storms in life, some big, some small. We need an anchor and one anchor is our Bible. As a Christian, the Bible serves as a type of anchor for helping us through the storms of life. The anchor is used to Continue Reading
