The Gratitude Attitude
One definition of attitude is “the manner, disposition, feeling, position …; tendency or orientation, especially of the MIND.” So, what is the believer’s ‘manner, disposition, feeling, position ….; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind’- toward our circumstances supposed to be? I believe the context for gratitude for a believer is grounded in the following […]
Truth
Fake news. Misinformation wars. Distorted facts. Telling “my truth.” These phrases form part of the new cultural language. The very existence of these terms shows that people yearn for truth. The enemies of truth attempt to bombard us with twisted logic and emotionally loaded propaganda. The prophet Isaiah details the darkness of what it’s like […]
Fly Fishing
1 Peter 5:7 says to cast or throw off “all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.” My tendency is to cast, then retrieve, that care. Why can’t I trust and rest? In meditating on this verse, the Lord gave me a mental picture of a fly fisherman. I know zero about fly […]
Unforgiveness
I recently was confronted with unforgiveness in my heart. My response was, “Me?” As we grow closer to the Lord, He will allow unresolved issues of the heart to surface in due time. It was time to face issues I had swept under the rug for years. I found myself paralyzed, emotionally and mentally, as […]
The Rest Of The Story
Matthew 11:28: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.” I am a doer. I do things, a lot of things, too many things. During a serious battle with burnout, I learned that “doing” must be balanced by “being”. I needed an example of what that looks […]