As we believers in Christ await His second coming, we are encouraged in 2 Peter 3 to prepare our hearts, to be ready, to be full of peace, to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord. We should be maturing in our relationship with Him, even when we feel as though we’re going through a desert season, spiritually …
*Rejoice Always: Part 1 can be found HERE and explains much of what you’ll read below. It’s worth a quick read, friends! “If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence. When I thought, ‘My foot slips,’ your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. When the cares of my …
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; …
“Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant. It is not rude; it is not self-seeking, it is not provoked [nor overly sensitive and easily angered]; it does not take into account a wrong endured. It does not rejoice at injustice, …
While the boys, their Pop and I picked up all kinds of sticks and debris out of the yard, we stumbled upon a single pink camellia bloom stretching open its petals toward a ray of sunshine. It pains me to think of all the trees and shrubs that are budding and blooming at the moment only to be met with …
