God Himself

♪Wexford Carol♪

"The true light, which enlightens everyone, 
was coming into the world."
--  John 1:9

True Happiness

🎶River Flows In You🎶

"Joy is the happiness that doesn't depend on what happens."  

--Br. David Steindl-Rast

Grace

"It is not the experience that is still hurting us, but the stories that we continue to tell ourselves about the experience....It is so good and wise to...extract the helpful wisdom from them...the useful lessons and then let the rest go."  --Melody Ross

See God in All Things

Holy Spirit Filled

"The greatest question that can be asked of the "twice born" ones is, "Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?" This was the password into the early Church."  --L. B. Cowman, Streams in the Desert

Acts 19:1, 2 tells us:  While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus.  There he found some disciples and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?"  "No," they answered, "we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

Faith, Hope and Love

I wanted to write about hope, but found I'd already written a post called Hope.  Then I thought I could entitle it Hope and Faith, but found I'd already written about Hope and Faith, too.  Then I thought about the framed print on my nightstand. . . .

Consciousness

In the 1970s there was a movement termed New Age in which consciousness was a key word.  To be "conscious"  is to be "aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake" according to the dictionary. 

Awaking to a new day

Wireless vs. Tethered

"True liberty means we are free to love God and to walk in the way He has prepared for us, trusting His love to take care of our need."

Lay Your Burden Down

The Lord made it clear to me this morning that even though I say I trust Him, I continue to carry my own burdens.  How do I do this?  I worry and fret, get down in the dumps.....in general, lose my peace.  So He gave me the image of two baskets. . . .

Doing Things for Others

Do you do things for others for their sake?  

Starting Over

Have you ever needed to start over?  Leave something you've been doing in order to do something better. . . .

Trying to Love

"They should not try to love that person (who is difficult to love), but try to become the kind of person who would love them."  --Dallas Willard

Sunrise over Europe