Good Morning Posts on the book of Psalms
The other day I prayed that God would give me patience, while simultaneously realizing how ridiculous that prayer actually is. I was frustrated with my kids for something – whatever it was, it wasn’t a big deal, because moments later it was forgotten. But, patience isn’t something given, it’s something grown. It’s a fruit of…
It’s almost nonsensical to ask if you want to live a happy and successful life. Of course you do! No one wakes up one morning and says, “I want to be unhappy and a failure.” The drive for happiness and success is engrained in all of us. What’s difficult is discovering what it is that…
Is your life so busy right now that it’s hard to find the time to sit down and read God’s Word? Maybe you’ve thought to yourself, “I know memorizing Scripture is a good habit, but I just don’t have the time to do that right now.” Perhaps you’ve felt a sharp sting when reading the…
Do you ever feel like you’ve reverted to your high school days: I think we all relate to those feelings of inadequacy, insecurity, and awkwardness. And it’s in these times that the narrative we’ve heard all of our life starts replying in our head. It’s strange to me that the pat-answers and cliches I heard…
Do you sometimes cringe when you remember your past mistakes and failures? I do. There are times when I wish I could delete files in my brain that are stuffed full of blunders, dumb choices, and outright rebellious decisions that led me down some dark paths. Every so often, one peeks its head out of…
We’ve all been there – at least once. When that feeling of utter hopeless washes over us like deep waves and we feel like we can barely stand under the weight that exhausts us and leaves us feeling numb. What can we do as Christians when we feel hopeless? Is the feeling of hopeless a…
