Sonshine for your soul
Posted in spiritual strength on Apr 26th, 2017
We’ve all heard many voices telling us we can’t succeed at this or at that.
Sometimes the voice we heard was our own.
Sadly, we’ve too quickly believed those voices without sincerely testing our abilities in the opportunity before us.
How many marriages fail because others said they can’t survive and hurting spouses rely on their own emotional […]
Posted in evangelism on Apr 21st, 2017
I’m praying for more opportunities to talk with others about the Lord.
This won’t happen enough by accident, it is clear, and I need Him to open doors of conversation so that I can build bridges of relationships.
New town. New activity schedule. Same timeless promises and eternal truth.
Perhaps you’ll pray for the same in your […]
Posted in prayer on Apr 14th, 2016
We’ve all had those “Gibeonite deception” moments.
I’m talking about that sickening realization that we should have prayed for God’s wisdom rather than trusting in our own.
It stinks to realize that we’ve been tricked and trapped by our pride, whether it be with a bad business deal, a poor choice of neighborhoods or a dysfunctional, morally […]
Posted in God's leading on Oct 16th, 2015
I want to be more like God.
I will never be God, something my imperfections remind me of quite frequently.
But I can certainly strive to imitate His nature.
Only good things will result from my demonstrating these characteristics so aptly described by the psalmist:
“But you, O Lord, are a God of […]
Posted in Patience on Sep 18th, 2015
Waiting is usually no fun.
But life is better when we learn how to wait with the right attitude.
When we don’t have the right perspective on waiting, we sometimes make bad decisions.
Or at least we wait with griping.
And then we have to wait even longer to have the outcomes we really want.
Let’s keep this verse in […]
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Martin Drummond