Tag Archives: sanctification

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”

Our Sins, His Good

God weaves all our failings and mistakes into the grander scheme of his overall purpose. When David was a young king, God made a covenant with him—to make David’s name great, give him rest from his enemies, and build him a house. God promised to raise up David’s offspring and establish his kingdom forever (2Continue reading “Our Sins, His Good”

Discipline Yourself

“The best time to buy used dumbbells is in the spring because people have given up on their New Year’s resolution by then,” said the salesperson at my local used sports-equipment store. I chuckled a bit. Even though I am a “fitness for life” type of person, I knew his statement to be amusing butContinue reading “Discipline Yourself”

Flashback Friday – Why Am I Being Tempted and is God Responsible?

Temptation is a common occurrence for humanity. We are tempted to break our diet by that delicious looking morsel of chocolate; we are tempted to sleep in an extra half hour instead of hitting the gym; we are tempted to buy a new item we know we don’t really need. But where does temptation comeContinue reading “Flashback Friday – Why Am I Being Tempted and is God Responsible?”

Flashback Friday – Room for Doubt

A woman wept alone in her hotel room—a crumpled heap in the middle of the bed, only able to grip the sheets in agony. Each tear assaulted her like a tidal wave of doubt. Her face contorted from crying out as she faced her dilemma: she had been following Christ for many years now, butContinue reading “Flashback Friday – Room for Doubt”

Flashback Friday – Comparison-itis and the Preeminence of Christ

When I get in a room of other women I don’t know very well, I’m not immediately uncomfortable. But then they start talking, and my insides start to squirm a little. This is what happened the last time I was at my Homeschool Co-op. But let me backup the story a little bit. I amContinue reading “Flashback Friday – Comparison-itis and the Preeminence of Christ”

Are You in the Fight?

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was setContinue reading “Are You in the Fight?”

Flashback Friday – Danielle

On Saturday, May 10, 2014, I went to the funeral of my best friend of 10 years, Danielle. The theme that resounded throughout the service was how she lived a life that was totally sold out to Christ. In her Bible she wrote that she wanted to be a woman of grace and mercy. HerContinue reading “Flashback Friday – Danielle”