Genesis 46 tells the story of Jacob. God has asked him to go to leave his home and everything he knows and head to Egypt. “Don’t be afraid,” God says. And He gives two reasons here that I love. 01. You don’t have to fear the hard things God is asking you to do because …
Let’s face it: we have bad days all the time. A couple weeks ago, within an hour of waking up, I had DECIDED that I was having a bad day. “Whoa, whoa,” I told myself. “I refuse to have a bad day today!” So, whether your bad day is just because of small things like …
I didn’t understand it. Almost every day now, at some point I had this feeling of not being able to breathe. It was like there was a very chubby gopher sitting on my chest. At one point, these feelings grew worse and worse until one day, in the middle of a service, I thought the …
First off, a broken heart doesn’t just happen because of a breakup with a guy. Maybe you’re suffering from a broken heart onset by the rejection of your best friend. Maybe your neighbor’s broken heart is from her distant father and cold childhood. And maybe their neighbor is suffering from a broken heart because their …
I’m so funny sometimes. As a writer, I perpetually see my life as a story. Sometimes it helps me to get through things better. Sometimes it leads to me being way too fanciful and looking for the happy ending at the end of the saga. The thing is, there may be a happy ending, but …
As Christians, you’ve probably heard the all-too-familiar analogy of a fish swimming against the stream as a caution against going with the flow. So when you read the title of this post, maybe you were a bit confused. Going against the flow is great . . . in certain cases. But right now, I’m here …
1 Kings 11. The Israelites have finally staked their claim on the Promised Land They’ve just had an amazingly godly king who basically thought God’s thoughts after Him The new king is the wisest man in the world What can go wrong? (Well, everything, apparently; this is Israel we’re talking about) Solomon has everything, and yet …
