Just a Small Simple Soul. . .In the Hands of a Loving, Limitless God.
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Lessons from Suffering
Part 1 1 Peter: 3:8: Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. It’s time to talk about suffering. Not a favorite topic, I know. But in this world, we are guaranteed to have troubles (John 16:33). Life can hurt, and sometimes it feels…
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Change the Moment
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2). When you help someone bear their burdens, you are living out the law of Christ. You are living out love. That meal you took to the grieving family? That’s Christ’s love. The hug you offered to the one whose heart was hurting? …
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To the King of the Ages
And of Each New Year To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen” (1 Timothy 1:17). Sometimes my small, simple soul needs a reminder—a reminder of just how big our God really is. And what better time to fix our gazes on the greatness…
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Stepping In
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14, emphasis added). As we prepare to step into the New Year, I have been reflecting on how Jesus stepped into our world. He…
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Love
Advent 2024 “That you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:17b-19). “I love you…
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Joy
Advent 2024 “These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full” (John 15:11). I’ve been thinking about happiness and joy. I think I have explanation about the difference between the two—an explanation that feels true in my heart. One that helps make sense…
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A Peace Not of the World
Advent 2024 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give I to you” (John 14:27a). My small, simple soul longs for peace. I tend to absorb the emotions of those around me, so when I am surrounded by strife and conflict it leaves…
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Hope in the Word
Advent 2024 “You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word” (Psalm 119:114). We look for hope in so many places. Our health. Our finances. We look to important relationships, the government, and even ourselves. The list is endless. But the author of Psalm 119 identified his source of hope as…
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Gratitude Changes our Heart
“Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity. Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices and announce his works with shouts of joy” (Psalm 107:21-22, CSB). To quote Madame Blueberry from VeggieTales, “A thankful heart is a happy heart.” I have tested this and found it to be…
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A Prayer for the One Feeling Small
Sometimes this big world makes us feel small and insignificant. But God speaks truth into the darkness: So to the one feeling small today, I am praying this scripture over you: “May you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is.…