Encouragement for Today, Hope for Eternity
Encouragement for Today, Hope for Eternity
Faith & Hope
Lately my toddler has become quite opinionated and independent. She wants things her way, no matter how much I try to convince her otherwise. She is becoming a strong, independent little lady, and it’s fun to watch her grow up into her own little person! Lately we’ve had a lot of laughs as we’ve been having to resort to reverse …
Faith & Hope
Our pastor recently said in a sermon, “If you want to be blessed, admit you’re a mess.” We are walking through the Beatitudes, and he said this in regards to the first Beatitude-“‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.’” (You can listen to his sermon here.) He taught that being “poor in spirit” means …
Faith & Hope
I’ve been slowly reading through a really great chronological Bible reading plan. Today’s reading was from 2 Chronicles 16. I’m reading through it, thinking, “Ok, what am I supposed to learn from this text today?” Then I keep reading a few verses down, and it was like, Bam! That’s what I needed to hear. Have you ever experienced that as …
Faith & Hope
As you know, this weekend is Easter, the most joyous and important event that we celebrate in our Christian faith. As the week leads up to Easter, we recall all the events leading up to Jesus’s Crucifixion and Resurrection. The day he rode into Jerusalem on a donkey while people shouted, “Hosanna in the highest!” The day he overturned tables …
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Last Tuesday, my husband and I decided to do some yard work. Our front and back yards were a mess from the winter, and the warmer spring air was making weeds sprout up everywhere. He took the front yard, and I decided to take the backyard and get to work pulling up all the weeds. I thought it would take …
Faith & Hope
In my quiet time this morning, I was reading in the book of Mark, chapter 8. We’ve been studying the book of Mark in our small group from church. The chapter starts with Jesus feeding 4,000 people with only 7 loaves of bread and a few small fish. After the crowd ate and were full, there were 7 baskets of …