to {abide}
abiding is clinging with a death-grip to grace
staying buried in truth when lies are attacking
choosing love,
again and again and again.
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Some days, like today, I feel empty. I still open my Bible, I still read– but I find myself flipping around, searching for something but I don’t even know what. My heart sits heavy in my chest. God, where do I read when all you have for me feels out of reach? This morning, all I could…
In all the years that I’ve mourned the children lost to me, in all the years I struggled and fought away depression, in all the years I spent on my knees searching for God in the middle of my pain—there was one thing I didn’t face until recently. Infertility carries many names. It carries pain,…
I don’t drive to town almost everyday for my own pleasure or convenience. In fact, some days it is a bit of a hassle. But I do it. I usually just see her and that’s okay. But then one day it wasn’t just her and he was angry and I was caught in the cross-fire. It…
We’re driving to church yesterday and my husband says, “I feel like I’m frayed at the edges, and any second I could unravel.” I’m wiping away tears as I nod. Yes, this is life. You walk and follow and sometimes God leads down some pretty dark and wandering roads. But then we’re at church, so…
There have been a few times in my life when I have been given a direct rhema from the Lord. Once was when I was a teenager, asking God what my calling was. That day He sent me a note. Another was at Bible School, when I was seeking to further define my calling….
We woke up this morning to the first snow of the season. The ground was blanketed with a dusting of white and the air was nippy. My husband groaned a little, “I’m not ready for winter,” he said, then caught himself, “but I guess it will come whether I’m ready or not.” I stood for…
Beautiful!
oh, I like that ‘death grip to grace’ — we need it so!
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So good girl! God is the same yesterday, today, and forever… and we get to abide in Him! Whoa!!! 🙂 ~ Blessings sister, Amy
Perfection.
Love. This.
Love this!