Tag Archives: growth

Flashback Friday – Growing Through Suffering

I’m not sure they’re going to make it. Brittle. Barren. Lifeless. These are all words that describe my mums this spring. Confession time: I’m a mum-killer. I have bought several containers of mums each year with dazzling aspirations of planting them and having them return the next fall in vibrant shades of scarlet, goldenrod, andContinue reading “Flashback Friday – Growing Through Suffering”

Childlike Faith

Every morning for the past two weeks I’ve been able to sit on my front porch, drink my coffee while reading my devotional and Bible, and watch a tiny family of birds in their nest. The nest is no bigger than the palm of my hand, tucked away in the corner where porch column meetsContinue reading “Childlike Faith”

A Fresh Start: Should I Make a New Year’s Resolution?

A new year. A fresh start. Turning over a new leaf. So many of us look forward to better things to come as we turn that last calendar page over to reveal a clean slate. We long for better health, mended relationships, spiritual victories, and success in a myriad of other areas. To accomplish this,Continue reading “A Fresh Start: Should I Make a New Year’s Resolution?”

Growing Through Suffering

I’m not sure they’re going to make it. Brittle. Barren. Lifeless. These are all words that describe my mums this spring. Confession time: I’m a mum-killer. I have bought several containers of mums each year with dazzling aspirations of planting them and having them return the next fall in vibrant shades of scarlet, goldenrod, andContinue reading “Growing Through Suffering”

Flashback Friday – The Attributes of God (Part 2): Why Should We Study the Attributes of God?

“All the problems of heaven and earth, though they were to confront us together and at once, would be nothing compared with the overwhelming problem of God: That He is; what He is like; and what we as moral beings must do about Him.” —A. W. Tozer Everyone knows there is a God. This isContinue reading “Flashback Friday – The Attributes of God (Part 2): Why Should We Study the Attributes of God?”