God made me beautiful. This is a truth I worked very hard to accept in my younger and fatter days. As one preacher put it, “Yes, God loves you. But did you stop to consider for a moment that He also likes you??” It’s a silly sentence, but if you scoffed for even a moment, […]
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The Reality of My Situation
I (Kendra) had another follow-up doctor’s appointment this week. We are praising God the MRI showed that my brain is still stable. My doctor will never say that there was no change (because no two pictures will look exactly the same), but there was no significant change. Even with that good news, I still left […]
What is more powerful than fear?
Fear is powerful. I see this in the birth narrative of Jesus. As most people know, Herod was the king when Jesus was born. When he hears of the new king’s birth, he is troubled (NASB) and begins to plan to remove the threat. When he realizes that the Magi are not going to help […]
Take time to read
Spiritual disciplines can be hard. That is why we call them disciplines. They can be time consuming and unenjoyable. This is I how viewed them years. For many years I would participate in the disciplines whenever I was motivated by guilt or greed. Guilt because I felt like I needed to be a better Christian. […]
The only step required to avoid sin
As a child, I was taught many of the rules of the Bible. I was taught all of the good things that I should be doing as well as avoiding all of the bad things. If I were to write a list of all the rules in the Bible. It would be impossible to obey […]