I love this picture of my two mother, by birth and by marriage. Both have filled me with love and delight
Bible Doodle: Proverbs 31:26-27
Confronted by the Mighty God
We do not know if Job’s wife Sitis returned to the faith or if she died cursing God. However, as I began thinking and studying this story through her eyes, I wanted to continue to do so to the end of the book. That is the reason Sitis is still telling the story here, while… Read More
Bible Doodle: Psalm 37:34
When Christ is in the center of the frame of my life, I have hope. This hope sees what He has done for me in the past, rests in the knowledge that He is with me now no matter what the circumstances, and an assurance that I will be with Him for eternity.
Grief Is Not a Lack of Faith
People may tell you that you aren’t supposed to grieve, that your sadness reveals a lack of faith. “Jesus carried your grief, so you don’t have to carry it any more.” What does the Bible have to say about grief? Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Romans 12:15, NLT When Jesus… Read More
Grief Is Like Physical Therapy
Grief is like physical therapy—primary health care to develop, maintain, and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout the lifespan when threatened by aging, injury, disease, or environmental factors. Functional movement is central to what it means to be healthy, and it can be very painful to stretch and flex those injured areas. Grief is… Read More
Bible Doodle: Ephesians 2:4-10
But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!) For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated… Read More
What is your definition of love?
We receive love in childhood through affection, wise discipline, affirmation, laughter, play, prayer . . . in lots of ways both large and small. We start to make our own lists of what love is while we are still in the womb, and we add to it throughout our childhood. Then we put it in… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 