everyday thoughts on eternal things
I have written before about my ongoing struggle with anxiety that I have had ever since I was young. Anxiety and worry manifest themselves in my life often in physical symptoms (stomachaches as a child, knots in my stomach, breaking out in itchy hives, pressure on my chest etc.) and are emotionally and mentally taxing. …
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I thanked God today for creating music.I believe that more than I can understand, my life has been shaped by the songs I have heard, put on repeat, and sung. It is amazing and miraculous to me how God uses music to stir our emotions and how when combined with the right truth creatively expressed, …
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I haven't cried reading a book for a long time, but as I read this today, I did with gratitude that I, having been redeemed by Christ, am given the grace to live and act in a way that pleases my Heavenly Father. The fact that he would be moved by my obedience- done in love and …
The point is, there are stories in the Bible, in history, and in our own lives that do not appear to have happy endings of cheerfulness. These too are not without hope and are designed by God’s sovereign and merciful wisdom for the hope of those who fear they are utterly alone in their misery... The examples of God’s …
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue lies silent in the grave Then in a nobler sweeter song, I'll sing Thy pow'r to save! -There is a Fountain I have heard people say before "if you find a church full of perfect people, don't go there because you'll mess it up." That's true and I …
Keeping Heart 