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I Wish I Knew Sooner in my Faith…
As we live and learn, sometimes we look back and wish we knew things sooner. If we had known certain things sooner, we may have done things differently. This week, we are sharing some things that we wish we knew sooner in our faith. God’s plan is always better than mine, even if it…
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My 5 Reminders
There would be instances that we’ll look back in hindsight and think, “I wish I knew that sooner.” Both in life and in faith. It is a part of life. In fact, I think sometimes I learn the same lesson multiple times. Or perhaps, I should say I am reminded of the lesson. I like…
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Is God Mad at Me? Have I Done Something to Deserve It?
Do you ever feel like you have done something wrong to make God mad at you? Or when you go through trials in life, do you wonder if God is punishing you for something? If so, you are not alone. It can be hard sometimes to remember that God does not get mad in the…
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Slow to Anger, Great in Faithful Love
Is God mad or angry at me? My first thoughts were “no, that’s against God’s very nature.” Then I thought of Psalm 145:8 – The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and great in faithful love. While making sure I had the correct verse, I found Psalm 103:8 – The LORD is…
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A Proclamation
“I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” I don’t know how many times I have heard that phrase. I grew up Southern Baptist meaning the churches I attended believed in baptism by submersion. When a new believer makes their confession of faith, they stand…
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In the Rattlin’ Bog
My Amazon Music algorithm had me listening to Irish folk songs. One is The Rattlin Bog. It is similar to the camp song “Green Grass Grew All Round” where it begins with singing about a hole in the ground and in that hole was a tree and in that tree was a limb and on…
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Always On time
The clock is ticking. Whether it’s the alarm clock, the oven clock, your biological clock, a stopwatch during a race, or the timeline of our lives, time is always going by. If you’re exercising, usually time feels so slow, and you wonder if the minutes of exertion will ever end. If it’s your alarm clock,…
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Great is Thy Faithfulness
“Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father There is no shadow of turning with Thee Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be Great is Thy faithfulness Great is Thy faithfulness Morning by morning new mercies I see All I have needed Thy hand hath provided…
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God’s Faithfulness In Us
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 Don’t you just hate it when you look up a definition and it uses the word you wanted defined? I looked up the definition of faithfulness and it said “The…