For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Romans 7:19 Why is it so easy to break good habits and so hard to break bad habits? Why is it easy to fall into bad habits and hard to start good ones? Paul tells us…
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Overwhelmed by Great Expectations
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. Psalm 62:5 “When I think something nice is going to happen I seem to fly right up on the wings of anticipation; and then the first thing I realize I drop down to earth with a thud. But really, Marilla, the flying…
Where Do You Go When You’re Overwhelmed?
“Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ. “ C. S. Lewis “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”…
Are You Firing On All Cylinders?
From a little spark may burst a flame. Dante Alighieri I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? 2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2 Look to the Hills I was blessed to attend the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference earlier this…
Be Prepared to Continue Straight
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 “Folk seem to have been just landed in [adventures], usually — their paths were laid that way. But I expect they had lots of chances, like…
Cast on, Cast Off
Can you row?” the Sheep asked, handing her a pair of knitting-needles as she spoke. “Yes, a little—but not on land—and not with needles—” Alice was beginning to say. Lewis Carroll 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. I Peter 5:7 Do you Row? When most people read 1 Peter…
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Do the Hustle…or not?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Proverbs 6:10-11 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled…
Resigning: Peace in the Yielding
Qué Será Será – Whatever will be will be 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be…
What’s Your Power Source?
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. C. S. Lewis 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13 Ever plugged too many things into the same outlet? At best you blow a…