Sitting in the sanctuary with about 1000 people yesterday during “open mic,” I prayed, “If you want me to say something, Lord, You’ll need to calm my heart. I really don’t want to get up and do this.” I seldom get nervous about speaking in public, but for some reason, He and I sometimes have …
My mind was elsewhere, and I looked at her. I saw my friend and coworker’s mouth moving, and couldn’t answer the question she was asking. It was something about upcoming possibilities with the ministry, but because it was a future situation, all I could think about was how dramatically different things might be…if my husband …
We have an update from my husband’s recent cardiology visit. So I’ve been walking around with my own heart caught in my throat for about a week. Do you remember that feeling? When I think of my childhood and the bullying, this is the feeling I remember most. Tears flow easily. Fear threatens me constantly. …
In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation …
I judged her. A friend of mine, still hurting from an unexpected but welcomed pregnancy lost in miscarriage, received judgment from me instead of compassion. She never knew, however, but as I’ve been praying in the recent weeks, asking God to reveal my sin to me, and then coincidentally struggling with what to write about …