You know how you think you know stuff and then you realize all of a sudden that you really don’t? That has been my experience this past week. A dear friend of mine is working through some books and studies with me to figure out how to get to a healthier place in the whole… Continue reading Trust and the Consequences
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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
The Before…and After
God has brought me far. Some may think I need to be farther along on this path of healing and hoping and growing. But I believe I am. I’m much farther along than I was before my life changed quickly and irrevocably. I’m much farther along than the days before… Before … after So much… Continue reading The Before…and After
So Loved
I feel kind of silly because I so wanted to write daily and that lasted about a week. Best laid plans… I’m determined to get in the habit because it helps my focus. Hopefully, tomorrow?!? This week is my last of graduate class homework! Yippee! I really don’t even have time to write right this… Continue reading So Loved
Enough to be Happy and Healthy
Last evening I had the pleasure of sitting with an eighty-three year old gentleman at a church dinner in the fellowship hall of a lovely little Baptist church. He was so sweet and kind. A fellow that clearly had worked hard all his life. He told me about his grandchildren and attending the dedication… Continue reading Enough to be Happy and Healthy
When You Just Need to See Him…
While standing in the line at the grocery store yesterday, my phone rang. It was a friend from church. She said, “Hey, I’m bringing dinner to you tonight – you gonna be there in 30 minutes?” I’m sure the lady at the register thought I was a little nuts (yeah that happens a lot) because… Continue reading When You Just Need to See Him…
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?
Wading Into the Waves Holding My Savior’s Hand
Wading Into the Waves Holding My Savior’s Hand
Just saw that my newest blog is up at MomLifeToday. I hope you enjoy it.
I’d also like to ask for prayer as I begin a new book proposal! Working on Chapter 1…draft number 1,365,279…just kidding, it just feels that way! I’m so excited about the idea and I feel such a passion to share what God is showing me! Can’t wait to see what God does with this!
Praying each of you has a wonderful, wonderful weekend filled with unexpected and beautiful blessings!
In His Care, Sue
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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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All You Need to Do is Just…
Recently one of my dearest friends called to tell me she had my next blog topic. She’d been at a women’s Bible study where they were discussing their crazy busy lives. After the moms in the group had lamented their situations, one of the ladies shared her “simple” solution which began with the phrase, “All… Continue reading All You Need to Do is Just…
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