Do you know anxiety? Fear? Worry? I sure do! For a long time, I’ve have had a habit of looking ahead to the future, scanning for potential problems and disasters, long before they have ever happened. Can you relate? But as I read more of God’s Word and get to know more of the Father,Continue reading “When Anxiety Meets the Father’s Love”
Category Archives: The Father’s love
Perfectionism or Grace?
Do you find it hard to remember things that are true? I do! Maybe you find it hard, as a believer in Christ, to remember the love and grace of God, in the mess and the muck of the everyday struggles? To remember the gift of the Lord’s presence in it all? Slowly, slowly, somethingContinue reading “Perfectionism or Grace?”
Come
Do you ache with the pain of this hurting world? Do you long for something more? Do you long for comfort, and rest, and loving arms? Below I tried to capture the something of Lord’s invitation to come to Him, however we are, and find His comfort, forgiveness and peace (you can find out moreContinue reading “Come”
What If…?
Surrounded by the callingOf One Who’s always beenLoving, yearning, waitingTo come and make you free, There’s always been a whisper,An echo deep inside,Of Love so vast and yearning:More… endless, beyond time. This need of deep forgiveness:This aching to be free,This longing for a knowing:A yearning to be clean. This hunger for a futureBeyond this brokenContinue reading “What If…?”
Forgetting… and Remembering His Love
Do you ever struggle to remember something really important, that could really help? I’ve been a bit anxious this past week. I’ve been a bit busy doing various different things lately, and not having enough quiet head space can bubble over into a bit of background anxiety. Head quietly swirling with things to worry about,Continue reading “Forgetting… and Remembering His Love”
With Me Right Now…
It’s so easy to missThe blessing of now:To push through and forward,To forget the Lord: Forget that He’s with me,Forget all He’s done,Miss all the moments:The blessings, the love, Because He is right here,Surrounding with love.With wide open arms,He invites me to come. So I breathe right nowAnd receive His grace:Believe that He’s with me.IContinue reading “With Me Right Now…”
What if You Could Replace the Stress of the To Do List With Something Better?
Can you relate to the stress of the running to do list? The other day, I tuned in to what was going on in my head… which was, to be honest, stressing me out. A running to do list! Pressure about what I needed to get done. Worry about upcoming jobs that felt a bitContinue reading “What if You Could Replace the Stress of the To Do List With Something Better?”
What if I Really Took in That God is With Me Right Now?
Do you live life aware of the presence of God? Live like He’s with you, moment by moment? I want to, but I so often forget this truth! And God has been reminding me. I so easily forget the Lord. I can live caught up in the never-ending to do list, chased by fear, andContinue reading “What if I Really Took in That God is With Me Right Now?”
I Just Love the Lord’s Gentleness
Is there something that you particularly love about the Lord? There are many things I love about Him, and I don’t know if I can really have a favourite thing, but honestly, I just love the Lord’s gentleness. We live in a world of harshness. Of speed. Of pushing forward; rushing on. A world ofContinue reading “I Just Love the Lord’s Gentleness”
A Song For Good Friday
How do you feel about Good Friday? Good Friday always get me, when I start thinking about what it means. Reading the Gospel passages, taking Communion at church… He died. For me. In my place. My Saviour, dying in agony. For me. (To find out more about what this all means, you can check outContinue reading “A Song For Good Friday”
Caroline Abblitt 