Remorse is when we are only sorry that we failed. Repentance is when we are in pain because we have hurt God or another person—for that person’s sake and for God’s not for ourselves. It focuses attention on the wounded one. If we are hurting for our own sake because we have failed, that is… Read More
When does a “ball of cells” become a baby?
I am grieving today for all those babies who never got to be born. I am not judging anyone involved–that is not for me to do. But, I am sad for those uniquely-designed individuals, still in the just-made stage, who never got a chance to live. And I pray for God to move the hearts… Read More
Do you know how God designed you?
“What you are after is truth from the inside out. Enter me, then; conceive a new, true life.” (Psalm 51:6, The Message) A brown-headed cowbird egg will always produce a cowbird, never a song sparrow. It can be a healthy, growing cowbird or a sickly one that is full of disease, but it will… Read More
Colossians 3:5-6 Is your life shaped by things and feelings instead of God?
When you are on your death bed, what is going to matter? Your fancy car? Your vacation home? Your gold medals or other awards of earthly achievements? You are going to meet God–just you without your fine clothes, toys, or possessions. He is going to asking you what you chose in life. What will your… Read More
Sow forgiveness…reap forgiveness
Jesus is God, and he became who we are—he became our sin. Because he was both God and man he could accomplish the task that God the Father gave him of being the perfect lamb that was sacrificed to take away the sins of the world. Jesus reached across time and space and identified with… Read More
Effects of false shame
… The Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. … “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery. The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?” … Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. They kept demanding… Read More
False shame vs. guilt
False shame is a fear of being found out, exposed, humiliated, and abandoned. Guilt is our friend, a gift from God that drives us to God, keeping us on the right path (John 16:7–14). False shame says, “I am a mistake.” Guilt says, “I made a mistake.” False shame says, “I am wrong.” Guilt says,… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 