Grown in Faith

My family and I do during our devotionals something called, ‘blessings of the day.’ This is a time where we think of at least one thing to be grateful for that day. There have been stressful days where it seems harder to come up with something. Though these are the days it is especially important…

Evil is often glorified like it doesn’t matter. It’s just a movie, it’s just a show, just a song, just a book… The thing is, it does matter what we feed our mind! An easy way that evil seeps in our lives is through the idea of thinking that what we’re feeding it, isn’t real,…

There are times where it is hard to hold our words back, when we know someone is being foolish. It is all too easy to argue with people that do things that go against God’s word. However, unfortunately, there are those that do not see God’s word for what it is; truth. Though we can…

I watched my husband and our youngest son put together his new toy chest. I had commented on how good things were going. To which my husband replied, “it’s amazing how well things go when you read the instructions.” Which is true! When we read the instructions with putting anything together, things are always better…

Something so beautiful about being loved by God, is that everyone is. It does not matter our age, our status, whether we’re rich or poor, our health, disabilities, our past. God loves us all! He wants to have a relationship with us all. He sent His Son to die for us all. He loves us…

Sometimes it’s as though life is on fast forward. I’m just trying to relish in all the special moments, while keeping up with my everyday expectations. Although I wouldn’t trade my life for anything, at times, it’s as though I’m just trying to keep up with it. Trying to check off the list of things…

I do my best to be careful on who I surround myself with, and whom I allow my children to be around. For it is all too easy to start behaving like those around you. It is like having fruit that has gone bad, next to fruit that is good; the bad fruit can start…

Matthew 8:5-8 NIV When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.” Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?” The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say…

Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. I am guilty of at times dwelling on the past. At times I…

In the garden of life, we are but seeds Though it is hard, If we have to grow through the weeds If we are not tended to Nurtured and cared for with love How can we grow And be what our Gardener dreamed of If we are left to wilt In the elements that try…