Cost
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Cost. Cost - "the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything" (dictionary.com). "And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but...
Learn and Rest
"Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls." (Matthew 11:29, NLT) This verse sits sandwiched between two more familiar ones, thus making it one easy to overlook. Here we find in Jesus' own...
Our Doubts and Questions
Doubts. We all have them, we don't like them, and are embarrassed to admit them. Doubt has been defined as "distrust; to be uncertain"; the definition quite similar in both a world and Bible dictionaries. I wrote these words to a friend the other day: "God welcomes...
The Light of the World
This past week, Hello Mornings, began their Advent Study > True Light For Everyone: Celebrating Jesus, the Light of the World. The study will be looking at the Christmas story from the promises of the coming Messiah to the prophecies which Jesus fulfilled. Over the...
Roots & Thanksgiving
“Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thanksgiving.†(Colossians 2:7, NLT) In looking at this verse, it seemed like it needed to be worked...
Give Thanks
"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever." (Psalm 106:1, NLT) "Worship is when you're aware that what you've been given is far greater than what you can give. Worship is the "thank you" that refuses to be silenced. Worship is a...