Is There an Expiration Date on Forgiveness?

Forgiveness is probably one of the hardest feats you confront daily. Someone wrongs you and your first inclination is to nurse your hurt and condemn the hurter. That’s why the saying goes, “To err is human, to forgive divine.” 

Yet, since it’s so hard for us to forgive, we often assume that God’s mercy has an expiration date on it also. We wonder at what sin is He is going to throw up his hands and say, “This is the last straw!”

However, without God’s forgiveness and mercy, we are stuck.

Is Your God a Lesser God?

We are all children of a lesser god at one time or another in our lives. What I mean to say is we have all formed God in our head to meet our needs and often this picture is much less than the God on high and a lot more like ourselves. We put God […]

Focus on Abundance

I have seen my neighbor’s riches and desired the seemingly ‘greener’ grass on the other side. We all have. We have all, at one time or another, wanted desperately what another person had. Whether it’s a sleek sport’s car, a corner office, a sizable salary, or big house on the hill, we have seen it […]

Lonely for a Reason

What if that deafening loneliness you’re feeling right now is for a reason? If you’re truly lonely that question probably feels a little callous and rude. How dare I assume that your loneliness could come with benefits. But that’s exactly what I’m about to assume… so please, hear me out.  There are over 7.4 billion […]

What Do You Want

What is it that you want? I ask because most of us, myself included, have a series of wants that we think, should they come true, will improve our lives significantly. “If only I had (fill in the blank), I would be ___ (successful, happy, content, or attractive). The Christian author, Max Lucado, describes this […]

Option A or Option B?

We’re anxious, stressed, worried and as our heavy burdens rise up and rear their ugly heads, we suddenly look to the bench and say, “Hey you, GOD, you can jump in any time now.” We want to do it our way until we can’t anymore. When the self-reliance is too unbearable to manage, we find ourselves on our knees ready to give it back to God again.

The Way

He refreshes my soul. What does that even mean? Well, right now, many of us are living in a perpetual state of hopelessness. It’s brought on by many different things from a relationship ending to a job loss, from a debilitating disease to an especially depressing news program — hopelessness can seep deep into the […]

Fear

What words come to mind when you think of Jesus? Serene, wise, strong, compassionate, thoughtful, or peaceful. All of those are common adjectives for our savior, but what about “frightened?” Nope, probably not in your Top 10, right? When we think of Jesus, we think of everything we’re not. He embodies a perfection we struggle […]