A few months ago I had the privilege of being asked to write a review for a book by Shannon Upton entitled, Building Your Home: A Faithful Mom’s Guide to Organizing Home and Family. I love a good book on organization. I feel like it has been my life’s goal since my first born took… Continue reading My First Book Review
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Taking 4 Steps Back
Once upon a time… There was a little girl who dreamed of being married and raising beautiful little children who would love the Lord and each other. There wasn’t a white picket fence, but there was a big oak tree with a tire swing, a creek with tadpoles, a kitchen counter with a fresh loaf… Continue reading Taking 4 Steps Back
A Deep Breath
There is a place I find myself…sometimes…it is no longer a place of deep grief, but of deep sighing. A place where I find myself needing the strengthing of a deep breath, the focus of a whispered prayer, and the hope of an all-powerful God. In the past, this place has been about me…about my… Continue reading A Deep Breath
Do You Know How to Count?
I discovered today that a broken foot has one odd benefit. I can wear socks out of the box under my bed. It’s a box full of socks with no match, but they are ones I really like so I keep holding out hope the match will miraculously appear. So far no luck. (and… Continue reading Do You Know How to Count?
What’s Your Choice?
This past weekend my youngest daughters started playing basketball with a local Christian program. It’s such fun to see them playing. They’ve never played before and at times it looked like a cross between football, soccer, rugby, and wrestling. I was laughing a lot. But another feeling crept in as I sat in that gymnasium. I… Continue reading What’s Your Choice?
A Quiver Full of Wonderful
Recently I was interviewed for an article in an absolutely beautiful Christian magazine. It was a pleasure to speak to the interviewer and I hoped that my message would be a blessing to anyone who read the article. Unfortunately, I was not blessed by reading the article. I was distraught. I was so surprised by… Continue reading A Quiver Full of Wonderful
SHARING SOME THOUGHTS ON ROMANCE
SHARING SOME THOUGHTS ON ROMANCE
I’ve been learning a lot about love lately. Loving my children well. Loving my friends well. Loving my family well. Loving my Lord the best. And especially how the Lord loves me.
When I was looking up verses on love, it was amazing how many times God uses the word steadfast to describe His love for us.
The word steadfast means “fixed in direction, steadily directed, firm in purpose, resolution, faith, attachment, unwavering, firmly established, firmly fixed in place or position.”
What was the synonym that grabbed you the most? For me it was unwavering, but resolution came in a close second. Unwavering is a beautiful word because to me that says that no matter what God loves me. I imagine it like a tree standing in the midst of a hurricane and defying the wind and the storm simply by standing upright. God’s love is not impacted by what I do or say or think, or anything I have done, said or think or anything in the future. That is beautiful to me. That word resolution reminds me that God has decided to love me steadfastly regardless of me. He is resolved that I should be loved by Him. His love is steadily directed at me. There is never a time when He withholds His love from me. Wow! No matter what, He loves me. No matter what, He loves you.
Read Psalm 136 and see how much God wants you to truly understand how steadfastly He loves you. I have included part of it…He says it 26 times – once in each verse! He wants us to know His love is unwavering, unending.
Dearest, He loves you relentlessly!
I pray that today you will grasp how deeply and steadily God loves you.
Psalm 136
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever.
To him who alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures forever.
To him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever;
To him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures forever; the sun to rule over the day, for his steadfast love endures forever; the moon and the stars to rule over the night, for his steadfast love endures forever;…
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