Seeing beyond our own needs: a prayer Lord, I feel dreadful – ashamed that my needs overtook my reasoning. It was not until after the damage was done that I realized my grave mistake. It was not until later that I learned, with great difficulty, to stop myself from writing so many emails […]
Read More...I wonder how many people with mental illness understand the importance of boundaries? Not only the boundaries set by their supporters and caregivers, but also the boundaries they themselves should put in place in their relationships with those who care for them. I’ve lived with mental illness for over fifty years and am only now […]
Read More...I confess. Sometimes I get awfully childish. Not the delightful child-likeness with which Jesus calls us to come to him. I’m talking about “childish.” At such times I feel excessively vulnerable – emotionally weak. But I’ve learned that, even in this childishness, Jesus accepts who I am and what I am. He knows the troubles […]
Read More...How you must have loved us, Lord. Giving all you had, yet seldom thanked. Misunderstood, though meaning well. Did you continue suffering after the cross? Bearing the pain of rejection from those to whom you had given yourself in love? Love given, but scorned. Forgiveness given but refused. And so, you continue […]
Read More...See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! 1 John 3:1 Sometimes we really do need to be reminded, don’t we? May God’s blessings be with you all this week. marja
Read More...THE BITTER PAIN OF LOSS Do you ever find a place within yourself where bitterness has overtaken the love for God, your Lord, who used to have first spot? Have you ever wished you could forgive past hurts? But when remorse isn’t shown, it isn’t possible, no matter how you try. […]
Read More...“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3 I enjoy little children, the young ones that don’t care how they look to others. They’re real, just the way God made them to be. They live and love with everything […]
Read More...…let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, […]
Read More...But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. Matthew 13:16 I’ve been told I’m too sensitive – that it causes pain I shouldn’t have. Pain from feelings of rejection – whether real or perceived. I’m told it’s an illness – a bad one. But although some of […]
Read More...“I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35 A few days ago, my Fellowship with God group studied the story of Elijah and how God fed him at a very low point of his life. I’d […]
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