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Will Following God’s Will Make you Happy?
joyHave you ever been simply too scared to seriously consider following God's will in your life? Thought maybe you'd be happier if you just made your own plan and followed that? Is there truly a "plan" for your existence? Or, the even bigger question, does that Plan...
How to live your whole life as a calling – The concept of vocation
I used to think that I had a calling to do something or be something one day.... I thought that "Vocation" meant I had to become a celibate religious person or else I "didn't have one". I thought if I wasn't called to that life, I was somehow left out. I grew up...
Listening to God in a World full of Noise
I love listening to God. His voice is so calming, so comforting, so encouraging, so motivating, so surprising. He is quiet, but then, all of a sudden, He speaks. God is always surprising me with little things He says. They are usually short and sweet and come out of...
Using the Our Father to teach us How to Pray and What to pray for
There are so many posts on how to pray and many great acronyms to help (P.R.A.Y. and P.R.A.I.S.E.) There are hundreds of pastors and thousands of bloggers, there are spiritual gurus, guides, prayer prompts, and prayer journals. There is almost TOO much help out there...
God designs our seasons… Happy Lent!
When God has a plan it trumps everything else. I knew I would probably go into labor this week but that was the tiniest fraction of what would happen. After nearly 3 days of false labor Adam and I pretty much resigned ourselves to the fact that "the kid was never...
Are you too busy for God? Take the Martha and Mary Test
Busyness can be a healthy and beautiful thing if we are called to it, but that the moment it takes us away from Christ and the peace he wants to offer us, then our busyness is no longer godly. Is your busyness of God, or distracting you from Him? Martha was just...
