Category: Faith

Coming Out of Shame

By Kristen Wells A 20-year-old young woman sits in the dark, heavy with sin.  Chest heaving and face burned with tears, crying out for forgiveness, “Oh wretched man that I am…”  Asking to be released from the overbearing burden, “Who…

Assurance

“For I am the Lord your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’“ ~ Isaiah 41:13 “I love You, O Lord, my strength.” The Lord is my rock and my…

Prayer For The Brave

Help us to be brave, Lord. Because You know us.  The deep-down-real us.  You know how Your grace has already brought us far from where we used to be.  You know how Your love picked us up when it felt…

Rabbit Trails In the Word

“Rabbit trails”… I looked it up the other day to make sure I was using this idiom correctly ~ to make sure my understanding of the phrase tallied with the common usage.  It turns out that a “common usage” doesn’t…