life and faith through a lens of grace
As you take a moment or two to read these words, I’d like to remind you of the benefits of taking regular, small pockets of time out of your day to slow and nourish your soul. Such times are vital for obtaining inner rest and peace. Because we all need space to pause. Room to …
Have you tried spending time alone with God via your prayerful imagination? Once when I was praying I pictured a quiet place to be alone with God. It was like a “safe place” shielding me from harm, and somewhere I can return to any time I want to, especially when life gets tough. This is …
place: soul benefits of listening to God in prayerRead More »
When a birthday looms on the horizon (like mine does this weekend), we can be apt to focus on the ravages of time and fail to see ourselves as beautiful in the here and now. Comparison steals our joy if we focus most on the physical. There’s so much more to us than that. especially …
It’s hard to see beauty in ourselves, isn’t it? If we’re contrasting and comparing ourselves to how the world defines beauty, especially of the physical kind, instead of seeing ourselves as we are reflected in the mirror of God’s word, then we will struggle to believe we are beautiful at all. We can become overly …
beauty: how we are all made beautiful by God’s graceRead More »
Life is hard, isn’t it? Who isn’t in need of some kind of soul solace? Although we don’t all look for it in the same or the right places. In my youth, I began badly at first, falling into blind alleyways leading to further degradation and destruction, coupled with a desperate need for love and …
solace: discovering how our deepest needs are met by GodRead More »