What Christians Should and Should NOT be Doing During COVID-19
COVID-19 has been a time of revealing for the world. It is drawing a line in the sand and showing people’s hearts and true natures. I have seen family members and friends turn on one another, and I have seen those who may disagree still show compassion and understanding. Which side are you on? Not on the issues, but in the scheme of showing yourself to be loving or cruel… what would be said of you?
Jesus’ Love is Not a License to Sin
We are all blessed to have a Savior who will love us no matter what, and certainly we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. However, as Christians, I think it is important that we don’t hide behind Jesus’ love as a license to sin. Instead, we must own up to our mistakes, repent, and seek to do better.
Why You May be Accepting Lies Over Truth
What is truth? This is a loaded question that will receive many different responses. I am not writing to teach people about what is real or what is a lie, and I am not debating. I am simply hoping to show why seeking truth in your life and from God is something you SHOULD be doing and WANT to be doing. Also, way more people are living some lies, and are content with lies, than may be aware.
“Oh, for the Years I Have Not Lived, but Only Dreamed of Living.” -Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Days turn to weeks, and weeks to months, and months to years very quickly. People plan for tomorrow but fail to live for today. Men and women work and plan for their retirement so that they will have the time and the funds to do all the things they have been dreaming of for years…
“I Never Knew a Man Who Was Good at Making Excuses Who Was Good at Anything Else.” -Benjamin Franklin
“It is easy to take credit and to accept praise for all the good things that we do, but it can be most difficult to admit failure and to accept blame without excuse. Not all battles are won, and with victory there will also be setbacks and defeats…
Break the Silence
In the silence around me there is a voice that clearly speaks unto my heart and mind. I walk alone in this world, and most do not notice and very few seem to see. I rise up and I go through my days, and there is silence around me but no silence within. For there is a voice of love that calls unto me to remind me that I belong to someone…
Comfort and Wisdom
“The old man was sleeping peacefully in the bed, and in the hospital room all was quiet except for the occasional clicking of the machine that would dispense medicine for his pain. Asleep in the chair by his side was his wife of fifty-two years. The man in the blue suit walked quietly to the bed…
Flourish Where the Lord has Planted You
“Like a dandelion flower that springs forth from a small crack in the pavement, some people must struggle against many obstacles. No child determines the time of their birth, where they will be born, or unto whom they will be born, and with life some obstacles are established by life itself. Flowers must survive where they are planted or where they spring forth, but with mankind there is the freedom to choose…
The Mountains Majestically Rise Up
“The mountains majestically rise up above the changing landscape of the earth, and the oceans sound forth their power and might with each wave that crashes upon the shores of the land, and the heavens above with clouds of white and storms that rage are but a veil to the innumerable stars that forever shine…
“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” -Mark Twain
“Words and actions must be in unity and harmony within our soul to bring forth the language of love that can be seen by the blind and heard by the deaf. We live in a world where many are blind to the hurt their words and actions cause, and many are deaf to the voices that call unto them for kindness, tenderness, and love…
Between Heart and Mind
“There is a battle fought, a war that doth rage between heart and mind,
Why must war rage between words of the heart and words of the mind?
Does the mind follow the heart or does the heart surrender to the rule of the mind?
In my heart there is a vision of who I am, but in my mind I am not always the same…