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But That Deserves to be Worried About!
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.netIs Philippians 4:6 one of your favorite verses? It is one of mine. Let's talk about that verse in connection with fighting worry. It says, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everythingby prayer and supplication with thanksgiving...
You Are the Apple of His Eye
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.netHave you had your eyes examined lately? The last time my eyes were examined, I felt tense having that puff of air come toward my eye to test for glaucoma. I knew it was coming and the longer I waited for it, the more tense I became. I...
A Bad Experience in Junior High
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.netIn my last post, I talked about how experiences, especially traumatic or painful ones, create hyper-vigilance and self-protection. It most likely won't surprise you to hear I had a traumatic experience in junior high. Isn't junior...
I Fell Off the Treadmill!
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.netAnd the Winner is: George! Congratulations George! I'll be sending you your copy of When You Need A Miracle by Linda Evans Shepherd. Thank you to everyone who tossed their names into the drawing. I fell off the treadmill a few...
Three Little “D” Words that Get Us In Trouble
Here's a little quiz for you. Read through these three verses from Zechariah 1 and identify three ways that the Israelites sinfully reacted. Here's a clue: each of the three ways starts with the letter "d."4 “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former...
Is God Having A Temper Tantrum?
What do you think of when you think of God being "jealous"? What motivates the heart of God to be jealous? When I think of God's jealousy, I sometimes think of Him being angry, like a husband being angry about his wife's infidelity. And I think God's righteous...
Book Give-Away: “When You Need A Miracle”
(Read below how you can put your name in the raffle for a free copy of this book).I'll be honest. A book with the word "miracle" in the title can put me off. Although I believe in God's abilities for miracles, I don't believe in telling God what He is required to do....
The Way to Forget Your Worry
In my last post, we talked about I Peter 5:7 about casting our anxiety upon the Lord. The next verse after that shouldn't surprise us. It's so logical that Peter next says, “Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about...
“Cast” Is A Violent Word! Surprise!
(Image found at http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/worryfea/worry1.htm)Let's continue our occasional focus on worry with another excerpt from my book, Partly Cloudy with Scattered Worries. This time, let's look at I Peter 5:7, "casting all...
Kicking Against the Goads Sure Is Painful
Some time ago I posted about Jesus's question to Paul, "‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads’" (Acts 26:14 NASB).(If you want to check out that post, click on goads.)That verse and what I'd said in the post...
Put Zechariah 1:5 on My Headstone
The older I become, the more aware I am of the passage of time. Not just, "Wow, this year is going so fast. It's already August." But the perspective of looking at my five-year-old grandson, Raffi, and thinking that some day (if the Lord tarries), he'll be a grandpa...
Worried That I Can’t Love God Enough
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.netOne afternoon after I’d been a Christian for about five years, I drove home from church feeling downhearted. Why can’t I love God enough? I asked myself over and over again. I was afraid that if I didn’t love him “enough,” He would never...
Where Adultery Starts
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net"It's actually easier to resist adultery than eating too much pie."That's what I wrote in a past post. The thought sprang into my mind and it seemed contrary to what I was writing at the time. But it seemed true because very few people plan...
God More Important Than Sugar? Is That Possible?
In my last post, I talked about how succumbing to my addiction of sugar is not a "small" sin, yet I overlook it because it doesn't seem like there will be "big" consequences. But we talked about how there aren't "big" and "little" sins. Every sin shows our disregard...
Your Sin Starts Here
When I visit our daughter who lives near Seattle, Washington, I love walking in the mornings in nearby neighborhoods. During one walk, I noticed a street drain that had a little sign measuring about 3X5 inches near it that said, "The Puget Sound Starts Here" with an...
God Is Pure Love
Larry and I had been married for seven years and were like married singles. I was terrified that our marriage would end in divorce. In my worry and fear, I tried to get my needs met in whatever selfish way I could. In my desperation to want Larry to love me and meet...
But God, Being Cool Is So Cool!
In a previous post, I talked about claiming God's promises as a "demand." In other posts, I've talked about the idea of "demands." When I first heard of this concept, it didn't resonate with me. I just couldn't "get" it. I couldn't see how it applied to me or in what...
Focus on Jochebed
Today let's focus on a woman of the Bible from Exodus 2 to continue our on-and-off focus about worry. This woman is Jochebed and she had a lot to worry about. She had given birth to a son. Normally a wonderful joy, it actually rang the death bell for the...