With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, many of us are looking for the perfect card, candy, bouquet, or some other gift that we hope will express our love for our significant other. Personally, I know I can’t go wrong when I get my husband, Steven, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. The minute he lays eyes […]
Pursuing Love Book Excerpts
Where Your Joy and Peace Are Found
On a scale of 0 to 10, how would you rate your current level of joy and peace? If you’re honest, you might have to admit that your joy-and-peace meter is directly tied to what’s going on in your life right now, whether positive or negative. Just this week, I had the opportunity to talk […]
When You Stumble in the Dance
Do you struggle with perfectionism, thinking you need to do everything right in order to feel loved, valued, and accepted by God, yourself, and others? I used to. I’m not saying that I never struggle with perfectionistic tendencies, but it happens a lot less often now that God’s grace has settled comfortably into my understanding. […]
The Most Beneficial Habit
With the beginning of a new year (Can you believe it’s already 2019!), you might be like me, wanting to break unhealthy habits and form new ones to improve the quality of your life. According to Dictionary.com, a habit is “an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary.” I don’t know about you, […]
Walk This Way
Have you ever been standing in an aisle at the grocery store with eyes glazed over by the multitude of options lining the shelves before you? All you really wanted to do was run in and pick up a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk. There’s no telling how many times I’ve either […]
Do You Know Who You Already Are?
A lot of self-helpers in this world will tell you that they are working hard at “becoming” the person they want to be. But self-image in God’s economy doesn’t work that way. It’s all about what Christ has already done for and to the believer in Him (with no help from you). And whether or not […]
Love Notes from Your Beloved
If you listen to Christian radio, you have likely heard (and loved) contemporary Christian singer and songwriter Lauren Daigle’s hit song “You Say.” The lyrics reflect the Christian’s struggle to believe that what God says about them is true, regardless of what they are feeling/experiencing in their Monday-through-Sunday living on this earth. There’s one line […]
He’s Singing and Dancing over You with Joy
Do you ever feel like God is less than completely satisfied with who you are? If so, then you’re not alone. But even though many other Christians have shared in your sentiments, it doesn’t mean that you or they are right. The truth is, when you were born again in His Son, Jesus Christ, Father […]
No Shoulds, Oughts, or Musts Allowed!
Christ longs for you to enjoy your no-strings-attached union with Him. You are not His employee, but His gorgeous bride in whom He wondrously delights! Listen to His refreshing and inspiring Words to you today: “My beautiful love, I am your very Life source.” “When I am revealed to the world at the end of […]
Who Do You Believe You Are?
If you are a believer in Christ, you have already answered the most important question concerning your eternal destiny. You have said yes to His proposal of eternal spiritual union (even though you might not have known it was a marriage proposal) and have actually and literally become the flawless bride of Christ. But if […]
