Previous Next Have you ever squeezed an orange only to have lemon juice come out? No? Me neither! While that may be a silly analogy, the same applies to us. When the pressures of life squeeze us, what’s on the inside pours out in our words and actions. Proverbs 27:19 says, “As water reflects the […]
Month: June 2017
ARE YOUR WORDS BREATHING LIFE OR TAKING IT? – POWER OF THE TONGUE SERIES
We’ve all been there. On the receiving end of reckless words. And while our mouths can declare with a sense of certainty, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” our hearts have a harder time believing it. Tears well up. Hurts are deposited. Hearts grow cold. Words. The most powerful […]
EMBRACING WHO YOU WERE CREATED TO BE
“Some pain is good,” she explained as she ruffled my husband’s release papers. Her words caught me off guard, ringing in my ear the entire ride home. How could pain be good? The very topic of it feels uncomfortable, leaving an uneasy awareness that life is not always pleasant. What our nurse didn’t expand on […]