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From Surrendering to Believing: My One Word for 2013

2012 was a difficult year, if I'm truly honest -- which I'm trying to be. While my life wasn't filled with tragedy after tragedy like a long-running Spanish soap opera, it just was difficult consistently. I had no real b…
Pray Hard: It Works!

John 14:15 says, "If you love me, you will keep my commandments." I truly love the Lord. I obeyed to the best way I can. I want Him to feel that He is my first priority. But how will I completely express it if I have bo…
A God of Breakthroughs

By Amy at Make Me a Mary Sometimes barrenness has nothing to do with child-bearing. I'm the mother of four, so I'm obviously not barren in that respect. But we can experience barrenness in other areas of our lives ... f…
Crawling Off the Altar Again

I do not know from what song this line is taken, but it serves as a modern day reminder of our fickleness and inability to sustain long term enterprises; "When I have crawled off the altar again ... inspire me to serve y…
What is difficult about giving all to Christ?

I'm doing a study of "Devotional Classics" edited by Richard J. Foster and Jmes Bryan Smith and will be writing my thoughts here. If you have any thoughts about the questions posed feel free to add your thoughts. So, t…
Righteousness in Christ: Giving All or Nothing?

"For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness."For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes."…
Surviving the Rapture: Living in the Endtimes

So I'm thinking I survived the rapture. It's 11.30pm on Saturday night--21st May. I am unsure if I should be glad of such things, or fearful that I am still on this earth for judgment. My last day was mostly unproductiv…
The Christian Dating Game: Loser Takes All?

I agree with the post called The Myth of the One | revelife. But I have some questions to ask about the subject of "The One" (possibly too many questions). Right now, I am single and not concerned with being in a relat…
True Submission to Christ

I saw this quote today: Submission to Christ without submission to the Scriptures is submission to a self-made Christ, not submission to Christ. It got me thinking. In reality, I think that many people these days ar…
Faithfulness: Do You Surrender?

My most recent goal: find joy, comfort, strength and all of my needs in Christ alone. This is so much harder than I ever perceive it to be, no matter how many times I try to make Christ the center of my life, I always f…