It’s taken me a long time to really come to terms with and partially understand a very valuable life lesson that I think one can only learn through adversity. I’m not quite sure how to put it into words but I am going to try…
BEING CONTENT
Molly Coltart
“Not that I speak of any personal need, for I have learned to be content (and self-sufficient through Christ, satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or uneasy) regardless of my circumstances.I know how to get along and live humbly (in difficult times), and I also…
When dreams die…
Growing up, I had so many dreams for my life. From a very young age I always thought that God was going to use me in some form of ministry. I remember as a teenager my best friends’ dad was an evangelist, he used to take us with him when he went to preach in the township schools. He would ask us to share our…
GRIEF UNVEILED…
The other day I watched a heartbreaking clip on the news about the Refugee Camp in France. What struck me was the sheer volume of widows and fatherless children in comparison to families and young men living there. These women are in a completely foreign land, some having come from wealth, and lovely homes…
Today my blog is going to be very real. To reveal the ugly side of grief. If you don’t want to go there please don’t read it, but I believe in being real, it allows and gives permission to those in the same boat to understand you are not alone, and no one has it all together. It’s okay…
Just before I decided to sit and write this, the tissue beside me lies sodden with the tears that have flowed this morning. Sometimes I just long for those big arms of James (my husband who passed away last year) to envelop me and tell me everything is going to be okay. The way he used to just take…
POOR IN SPIRIT
A few weeks ago a new Pastor friend of mine was telling me about a sermon she heard on the beatitudes, one of which being ‘Blessed are the poor in Spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.’
This made me stop and think. Right now walking through painful grief, I can relate to truly…
I’ve been mulling over this topic for many months, and reading many articles on what makes a resilient person. What is perseverance, and what is resilience? How do we deal with disappointment well and grow from it? The Bible speaks so much about us being steadfast, perseverant…
I Read this today:
“When it came time for Joshua to take the place of Moses, God said to him, ‘Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.’ Joshua 1:9
Since James died in April of this year, I haven’t writen anything because I have felt like I had nothing to say. There are still so many questions in my head and heart that I am longing for answers to, and such a sense of emptiness that how could I possibly put words to paper when there’s nothing…
