ever feel like you are underdressed for an occasion? you show up for a party in jeans and a sweater and everyone else is dressed up? imagine that the President invites you to the White House for a dinner party… would you show up in jeans? of course not. You would be embarrased if you [...]
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27 Jul
through many dangers, toils, and snares
lately it seems i’ve been connected with and talked in detail to many other folks who suffer with severe, chronic physical pain. this has had a two-fold effect on my soul. first, it has encouraged me. its helpful at times like this, when just getting out of bed is a challenge, to be reminded that [...]
1 Jun
comfort
Many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
Listen to me o house of Jacob and all the remnant of the house of Israel. You have been born by me from birth and I have carried you from the womb. Even to your old age I will be [...]
14 May
my brain has stopped working
you know how if you’re running 15 different programs on one computer that after a while it just stops working due to an overload? yup, that’s where my head is at. there have been so many things happen in the past week that have been so encouragaing, challenging, etc that I don’t even know how [...]
9 May
grace… and your deepest darkest secret…
so last night at care group i was freshly reminded of grace… God’s grace to me, an undeserving sinner.
During worship, it seemed each song was a reminder of how faithful God is in the midst of our failures. I had talked with my care group leader, Matt, a while ago about sharing a specific area [...]
4 May
the last 18 months… and a very faithful God
I just want to take a second and look back to remember what God has done, specifically over the last 15 months of my life. All too often, I get discouraged by an apparent lack of growth or what I perceive as changing too slowly. But God in His faithfulness is training me and keeping [...]
26 Feb
who were you five years ago?
yesterday when I was meeting with Matt (my pastor) we were talking about God’s power to change lives. Often I feel that its up to me to change myself… that its up to my great faith (oh wait, i don’t have that). I get discouraged when change doesn’t happen as quickly as I think it should. [...]
2 Jan
truths that are true no matter how i feel…
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6
Daniel 4:35 (ESV) all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the [...]
29 Sep
read books not blogs
over at the blazing center, the altrogge’s have posted some great thoughts about why to read books not blogs. i’d encourage you to check it out.
i just finished reading my first book in 5 months, The Heavenly Man by Paul Hattaway. Due to the migraines, and this season of limitation as a result, i haven’t [...]
10 Aug
the five year plan
“Where do you see yourself in five years?”
Had I been asked that question five years ago at the dance studio, the first Sunday I showed up at Sovereign Grace Church, never in a million years would my answer have been “living with Rick and Lucia Thomas, in the room above their garage and enjoying it.”
Tristen [...]
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