Walking with God incorporates all aspects of being a Christian. It involves having a healthy prayer life. Actively cultivating a habit of reading and studying scripture is essential. However, the outward proof of our relationship with the Lord is in our actions and heart attitude. Our testimony is strengthened when our responses to life’s trials draw us closer to the Lord and cause us to humbly submit to his sovereignty. Our walk with God will be visible to others then.
I have learned over the years that this is developed through trials and struggles. The posts I write here are pieces to my personal story. God has brought me through many dark years life as a wife and a mom. There has been lots of refining fire. However, the close walk with the Lord that has resulted made it all worth it. I pray that my story will encourage you and spur you on in your journey. If you find yourself in tough times, I hope you find strength in knowing you are not alone and God will see you through.
It is always inspiring to see how God worked in the past to provide something needed in the present. Kind of like that saying about how years before Zaccheus climbed the tree, someone had planted it. It’s even more remarkable when God does something like that in my own life. Have you ever had any experiences where you realized God had moved weeks or months before and people or things were just in the right place when you needed them?
Two concepts and topics recently collided for me. God blessed me by connecting the dots between consecration and His goodness. As I usually say: perspective changes everything. One song that we sang in worship time on Sunday morning at church was unfamiliar. It was I Shall Not Want by Audrey Assad. In it she sings …
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(The Amazon links in this post are affiliate links, meaning that should you purchase after clicking one I make a small commission.) Hi friend! It’s been a while and I apologize. So much happened this summer it’s been hard to keep it all straight. I’ve been leaning into creating a way of helping others have …
This week’s post is a little different from normal. I have three things I want to share with you that have been really encouraging to me over the past few weeks and I hope they encourage you, too, in this life journey we are on! First, The Homeschool Teaching Summit 2.0 that is happening this March …
Restoration. When I think of that word I imagine something completely gone through and made perfect again. Like an old house restored to its original glory with no more rotted wood, flaking paint or half hung doors. In my mind it’s a process that has an end, something that gets finished. I think of completion. …
The statistics are staggering. Forty million adults are dealing with overwhelming anxiety in the US alone. Yet, only 36.9% are in treatment. That’s a lot of people suffering and struggling by themselves. Are you one of the diagnosed or undiagnosed sufferers of overwhelming anxiety? If you are, you know all too well the nausea, diarrhea, …
How do you know if you have experienced growth through your trials? It’s no secret that the Christian life will be full of trouble. Jesus himself says that in this life we will have trouble. Jesus also had to endure the trial of the crucifixion. Paul was denied the removal of a thorn so that Christ’s strength could be made perfect in his weakness. So we will surely have trials and troubles in this life. But how do you know if they have produced growth?
Well, another year has come and gone. 2018 was surely a difficult year for me despite the birth of Little Miss and I’m praying that 2019 is more kind to me and my family. It’s so mind boggling to look back and remember ringing in the new year just one year ago hoping for and …
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Well, we’ve come to the end of our Thanksgiving series on God and Our Trials. Friend, I don’t know where you are in your life and what circumstances you find yourself in, but I hope you have found comfort in understanding the good that will come from the hard times of life and in knowing …
So far we have looked at God’s sovereignty and His providence. His sovereignty means His complete control over everything that happens to us and how nothing surprises Him for He already knows the outcome. That can and should bring us rest and increase our faith and trust in Him. It’s His providence that brings us …