I would say I can be a fairly optimistic person, but there sure have been times when I have thought quite the contrary and have dove head first into the sea of negativity. It’s so easy to do, isn’t it? I was listening to a Christian hip-hop/pop station out of Houston and they challenged their…
There are many unexplainable occurrences in life. Some call those events ironic, coincidences, you name it. I call them Godcidences. I was talking with someone at rehab and while looking at me, she said, why not expect for God to do something great? Huh. Not going to lie, I’ve just assumed my position in life,…
Sometimes we have it all wrong as Christians. We think that if we do this “one” more thing, that we will earn points to enter into heaven. Let me put your aching heart at ease – Jesus was, is, and will always be ENOUGH. We think that if “only” we do this, then we will…
I grew up going to church my whole life. Went to catechism, Sunday School, did devotions as a teen in the morning and at night, prayed, and journaled. I even went on to get a degree in Bible/Theology and Social Work at Reformed Bible College (now Kuyper College). I knew my Bible. I can probably…
I don’t quite get it myself. How can trials and difficulties LESSEN worry? I feared. I didn’t think I could do it. I remember when the doctor came in and said that I needed a TEE (a test where a tube/camera is wiggled down your throat/esophagus, to get images of the heart). They were not…
Last Friday, while walking on the treadmill at rehab, I was ready to run the race. I was talking with the nurse, wanting to go faster and faster, but she reminded me that “slow and steady will win the race.” She was right. Within a few minutes, my heart rate increased and I had a…
