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June 17, 2024
June 17, 2024
I hope it was a happy and special Father’s Day for everyone!
I had planned to share an encouraging message about our Eternal God today, but felt led to share about Father God instead.
The Father of all Fathers! The Father who loves us like no other can!
The importance of Fathers has been minimized in our society over the past couple of decades, and I pray that we as a nation – and world! – will come to a greater understanding and recognition of the importance of the Father’s role in the family.
This meme spells out the many qualities of our Heavenly Father and some of the verses where we find them described.
Understanding and personally knowing each of these qualities, and adopting them ourselves, will go a long way towards improving the quality of our relationships with others. It will also go a long way towards strengthening our relationship with our Loving Father.
I believe that reflecting on these qualities and asking ourselves how we are doing manifesting them in our own relationships is a worthwhile way to begin the week!
October 30, 2023
October 30, 2023
Distractions are like endless ripples in the ocean that disrupt our ability to keep our focus on what’s truly important.
At times, relationship challenges are added to the distractions and come crashing in and threaten to pull us under.
Life in this world is continually riddled with problems and strife.
But there’s a remedy! We can choose to redirect our focus to our relationship with the Lord. When we are close to Him, we regain our perspective.
We’re told to seek Him first (Matthew 6:33). We just need to fix our gaze on His glorious face on the horizon above the churning waves.
Does your focus need some adjusting?
March 6, 2023
March 6, 2023
I have more than one chapter!
It took a very long time for me to understand that it’s only God’s assessment of worth and value that really matters. It takes more time and effort for many of us to recognize, and then internalize, this truth than it does for others.
Only the Lord can set us free from the common error of believing that what others think about us is a valid basis for assessing our true worth and value. It is so freeing to recognize and rely on the love of the Lord for our sense of self-worth rather than relationships with others. Relationships matter, but self worth is never truly defined by others’ thoughts about us.
My relationship with God stands firm and secure no matter what storms may swirl around me. The chapters that I didn’t want to read out loud are no longer of concern. All that matters is what God thinks of me. My identity is found in Him! He will guide me, strengthen me and take care of my needs.
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11)
“. . .that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the width and length and depth and height – to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.“ (Ephesians 3:17-19)
Are you looking to your relationships to define you or are you looking to the Lord?
March 21, 2022
March 21, 2022
Need some help with difficulties in a relationship?
Have you tried talking to the Lord about the problem?
If so, did you explain your own feelings about any problems and this person?
If you’re not already aware, God cares.
He knows who should and shouldn’t be in your life and doesn’t want you to continue in a hurtful relationship.
He’s also continually on the alert for your prayers, not just when you are in crisis.
He wants to be the most important relationship in your life.
He wants to bless you and guide you in your relationships every step of the way.
In your prayers, remember to include a request for His guidance for the person you care about.