When Circumstances Overwhelm

“Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.” Psalms 119:89   My kids are 15 months apart. When they were babies, I tried and tried at getting everyone on the same schedule. But, just as soon as I achieved my goal, one of them would start teething …

Life’s Waves: 3 Tips to Avoid Wipe-out

“The baby measures a bit small for his twenty-week gestation. I’m sure everything is fine, but we need to run a few tests to be sure.” Even though that was two decades ago, I still remember the anxiety that rolled over me at hearing the nurse’s words. After years of …

Where Fear and Faith Collide

I received some potentially scary health news about a close family friend. My mind when to what-ifs. And that’s a dark, scary place to be. I let my mind work itself into a migraine headache that medication wouldn’t touch and landed my butt in bed for three days. After three …

5 Steps to Fight Discouragement

Do you remember standing outside on a cold wintry morning with no coat in elementary school? I remember the sound of the fire alarms ringing in the background and the teachers scrambling to count and organize their classrooms in quiet straight lines. In my childlike mind, the fire drills caused …

Justified

J is for Justified Justification: remission of sin and absolution from guilt and punishment; or an act of free grace by which God pardons the sinner and accepts him as righteous, on account of the atonement of Christ. Justification: God loved you so much He paid the penalty for your …

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