answering the call to restful living; with joy
Is it only the “big” battles that belong to God? Do I call on Him when my strength is spent? When I hit rock bottom? When I come to the end of myself? When everything else fails? No, I need Him first, everyday, and in everything. See, I was raised to be independent. I am …
Self-control is required for peace. I am reminded this week about the connection between peace and self-control, especially with regards to my thoughts. As an introvert, and highly sensitive person, this has always been an area of struggle. I am always in my thoughts, ruminating, and over-thinking. There are both strengths and weaknesses to being …
In the waiting, He is revealing to me His great love. He fights for, defends, and advocates for me. This is something that I am unaccustomed to and I’m still surprised to experience it. I’m thankful for the suffering that unveiled this. For, now, I am freed to let go of my own defences and …
What hardship are you experiencing? we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. Romans 8:17 I seem to talk about suffering a lot. The fact is that we all have something hard we will need to endure in this life. It may be several hard things or a continual …
“Holy Spirit, interrupt my life…” she said. Well… all I can say now is be careful what you pray for! There were many interruptions since this prayer and I touched on that briefly in my previous post: Hope in the Light. I’m continuing my study of the book of Acts using IF Camp Acts. I’ve …
I thought I was done with learning about “light” but here we are. I’m still learning to embrace suffering in all its forms. My instinct during difficulty is to try and figure out the cause so that I can fix it and prevent a recurrence. But, the life of a Christian is guaranteed to have …