Stanza #6 What makes you feel valuable? We often feel a sense of belonging and acceptance through our accomplishments or usefulness to a person, organization, or cause. Maybe while growing up, we mistook parental praise as acceptance. Maybe we’ve never felt accepted unless we performed or […]
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The Sound of Grace
“The Holy Sound” Stanza 4 One of the most desperate needs in my or anyone’s life is grace. We cannot earn grace; earning it defies its very definition. Although He was a mighty God, Jesus came to us as a seed of man, swaddled within the […]
The Sound of a Plan
The Holy Sound – Stanza #3 You would think that God’s mighty King of Kings would be born in a palace. However, God’s plans are different than ours. He was born in a lowly stable before a humble audience of farm animals. No doctor, midwife, or […]
Facing the Worst
What if the worst thing we can imagine actually were to happen? Would we know how to face it? Close family members of mine and friends are going through some challenging and trying times right now. As I’ve been praying for them, I remember my torment […]
WHAT’S BLOOD GOT TO DO WITH IT?
MANIPULATION VS. LOVE What’s blood got to do with love? I have a personal cancer experience regarding blood and love. However, there’s a more significant blood love connection. Has anyone ever made you feel that you had to do something to prove your love to them? […]