“If you cannot express yourself on any subject, struggle until you can. If you do not, someone will be poorer all days of his life. Struggle to reexpress some truth of God to yourself, and God will use that expression to someone else. … Try to state to yourself what you feel implicitly to be God’s truth, and you give God a chance pass it on to someone else through you. … The author who […]
“Whenever you obey God, His seal is always that of peace, the witness of an unfathomable peace, which is not natural, but the peace of Jesus. Whenever peace does not come, tarry till it does or find out the reason it does not.” –Oswald Chambers –John 14:27
“It is a snare to imagine that God wants to make us perfect specimens of what He can do; God’s purpose is to make us one with Himself. … I am called to live in perfect relation to God so that my life produces longing for God in other lives, not admiration for myself.” –Oswald Chambers –Philippians 3:12 –John 17:23
A couple years ago when I first believed, I had a new awareness of truth and right/wrong, and I felt like I had to reevaluate everything in my life: Should I eat this type of food? Should I drink coffee? Alcohol? Should I go to the gym? Should I work out at all? Should I wear my old clothes? Should I buy an entire new wardrobe? Should I spend that much money on an entire […]
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities–all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” –Colossians 1:15-17
“Worship me in the beauty of holiness. All true beauty reflects some of who I am.” –Jesus Calling, by Sarah Young –Psalm 29:2 & Psalm 27:4
“Why shouldn’t we go through heartbreaks? Through those doorways God is opening up way of fellowship with His Son. Most of us fall and collapse at the first grip of pain; we sit down on the threshold of God’s purpose and die away of self-pity, and so-called Christian sympathy will aid us to our death bed. But God will not. He comes with the grip of the pierced hand of His Son, and says – […]
I didn’t realize until yesterday how much faith it takes me to paint, to follow Christ, and especially how much it takes to paint about Christ. When I felt overwhelmed by anxieties, it was so easy to give up and stop painting because I feel like I haven’t made progress yet this season. But I worked through my insecurities after realizing that it is the difficult days that will make me a painter or not […]