Posted in Friendship, Grace, Grace in..., Heart thoughts, Life, Recommendations, tagged award, Christmas, gift, Grace on December 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I love receiving early Christmas presents! Yay! I just received this one from my friend, almost-relative, gifted artist, and fellow blogger, Beth Stone. Please check our her site HERE.
The award has a catch, but a good one I am to answer the following questions in one word, then pass the award on to five other bloggers.
Here [...]
Posted in Bible, Christmas, Grace in..., Recommendations, tagged Charlie Brown, Christmas, Jesus, LInus, truth on December 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Simple.
Profound.
Hands-down, my favourite scene from any movie ever:
Posted in Friendship, Grace, Jesus, Recommendations, tagged friends, Friendship, Jesus, Life, thankfulness, Thanksgiving on November 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
“A friend loves at all times.” Proverbs 17:7
For the next few days leading up to Thanksgiving, I’d like to practice thankfulness by sharing some things for which I’m personally thankful.
Today, I am so thankful for all the dear friends I’ve come to know or communicate with on the internet. Though we aren’t able to talk over a nice latte or [...]
Posted in Grace in..., Jesus, Recommendations, Songs, tagged hope, Jesus, Life, music, nicole c. mullen, praise, rejoice, songs on October 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Just do it.
My words fall flat as I try to write about rejoicing in the Lord. Too many other writers, hymnists, and poets say it better. Let’s just do it–rejoice in our Lord today, for our Redeemer Lives!!
“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on [...]
Posted in Country, Grace in..., Recommendations, tagged country, cross, freedom, Photos, Prayer on October 7, 2009 | 12 Comments »
A monument of grace, a sinner saved by blood:
The streams of love I trace up to the Fountain–God!
Several months ago after using the above Google image in my post, Monument of Grace. I received a couple of inquiries about the photo. In order to answer those questions, I researched a bit on the photo and discovered that the ‘monument’ was being taken to court [...]
Posted in Anxiety, Bible, Grace, Grace in..., Prayer, Psalms, Recommendations, tagged comfort, fear, hope, Martin Luther, Prayer, psalms, trials on September 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“In my anguish I cried to the Lord, and he answered by setting me free. The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” Psalm 118:5, 6 (NIV)
Wy do we keep our troubles and anguish to ourselves? The psalmist David cried to the Lord. when his heart was [...]
Posted in Forgiveness, Grace, Grace in..., Heart thoughts, Jesus, Prayer, Recommendations, tagged cross, Forgiveness, Grace, heart, hope, Jesus, Prayer, tripp on September 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Create in me a clean heart, O God.” Psalm 51:10
“Could there be a more fundamental prayer request than this? Could there be anything more essential than this?
“We need grace to transform what we love, what we crave, and what we serve. And what’s the bright and golden promise of the cross of Jesus Christ? It’s [...]
Posted in Anxiety, Grace, Grace in..., Jesus, Life, Loss, Recommendations, tagged cancer, comfort, compassion, cross, death, hands, hope, Jesus, love, scars, suffering on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands.” Isaiah 49:16
It happens a lot. The Lord reminds me of His care.
As I question suffering, sickness, corruption, persecution, or matters which David says are “too difficult for me” (Ps 131:1), the Lord shifts my focus. He redirected my thoughts today through Tony Reinke’s Miscellanies (Cross-Centered blog), with a profound excerpt about the proof [...]
Posted in Anxiety, Grace in..., Life, Recommendations, tagged fun, Grace, thankfulness on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a ‘just for fun’ post to lighten up your day, from Pastor Kevin DeYoung’s blog, DeYoung, Restless, and Reformed:
http://www.revkevindeyoung.com/2009/08/monday-morning-musing.html
Posted in Grace in..., Jesus, Marriage, Recommendations, Songs, tagged chris tomlin, father, music, praise, Son, songs, wedding, worship on July 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Two weeks ago, we attended a memorable wedding where worship was the theme! The setting was surreal, as we celebrated not only the beautiful love which drew a young man and woman into an abiding relationship, but more so, the eternal love which draws Jesus’ Bride, us, to Himself–the wedding of all weddings, which God the Father [...]
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