The more I go through this life, the more I’m learning that the answer is always to come back to my Heavenly Father: to come into His presence and wait on Him. In His presence, we find all we need. There is a place where we can find comfort for our trials; peace for anxiety;Continue reading “When you’re striving and all you really need is to be still…”
Category Archives: Hope
What if there was something astoundingly, mind-blowing good in your future… forever?
Over the last few days, I’ve been thinking a bit about my eternal Hope. My friend Angie has been encouraging me for a while to read the book ‘Heaven’, by Randy Alcorn, and I’ve been dipping into it. And it’s been speaking deeply to my heart. Alcorn, Dr R. (2004). Heaven. ed. Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Knowing youContinue reading “What if there was something astoundingly, mind-blowing good in your future… forever?”
More About Living Free From Worry and Fear…
I feel a bit of a hypocrite blogging so often on trust when it’s something I so often struggle with, but it’s helpful to write about it, and hopefully it can help you, too. So here are some more thoughts for the Christian who is struggling with fear and anxiety… (As children of God through Jesus,Continue reading “More About Living Free From Worry and Fear…”
When the road has seemed just too hard…
Has your story felt too hard? Has your hope been stretched too thin? Have you begun to think that there’s no way you can find hope again? Give space for God to work. If you are a Christian, belonging to God through Jesus Christ and following Him, then you can be sure that God has anContinue reading “When the road has seemed just too hard…”
Thoughts from my tent..
I just got back from another week of camping. These are thoughts I wrote while I was there… So I’m back in a tent for another week of worshipping Jesus with many others and sharing about what He is doing across the seas in Asia. And, again, it has made me think. There is somethingContinue reading “Thoughts from my tent..”
More on anxiety… How being loved changes everything…
Our Father always knows what’s best. Sometimes that’s easy to see. Often, it’s very hard. But it’s true, just the same. If we are following Jesus, we are so, so secure in God’s love (and if you’re not a Christian yet, you can find that security by becoming one!). God has been encouraging me inContinue reading “More on anxiety… How being loved changes everything…”
For worriers like me…
Do you ever struggle with worry? So often, the answer is found just in resting in the Father’s love. I am such a worrier. I look ahead and try to see what God will do: how He will provide. I panic and fret and try to make God’s plans for Him. But I am learningContinue reading “For worriers like me…”
Tired? Weary? Battle worn?
The Arms of Jesus are reaching out to us in love, waiting to freely give us all we need. Sometimes, as Christians, we get tired. Serving Jesus can be hard. This life can be tough. Sometimes, we get deep scars from the fight, and it’s hard to keep going. And Jesus wants to meet usContinue reading “Tired? Weary? Battle worn?”
Has Brexit maybe brought a little fear to your heart?
Does the world ever seem a frightening place to you? It does to me! Things can sometimes seem crazy and upside down and out of hand and I sometimes wonder how I can find a truly safe place to stand on. And, yes, Brexit hasn’t helped that feeling either. Of course, I knew it wasContinue reading “Has Brexit maybe brought a little fear to your heart?”
Do you long to know that you are loved?
Knowing that you are really, truly loved by God your Heavenly Father changes everything. I spent many years of my life struggling to believe that the Father loves me. I came to know Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord when I was very small (maybe 4 or 5), but, as I grew, I feltContinue reading “Do you long to know that you are loved?”
