I have spent many years of my Christian life trying to make myself into this picture~perfect Christian I thought God and everyone else expected me to be. I was taught what was expected of me as soon as I became…
A Grace Full Woman
Tag: guilt
Who Is Jesus?
Many years ago I worked for a small manufacturing company whose founder and president was a believer. He had hired only other believers (from many different denominations) to work in the office, but outsourced some positions to non-believers. One of…
To Love Mercy ~ Beatitudes, Part 6
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Matthew 5:7 Mercy is pure mystery. If grace is the place where God’s love and justice meet, then mercy is the medium that transforms our lives into offerings pleasing to…
Questions ~ Meaning of the Cross
I ask: What was achieved on the cross? PROPITIATION: Appeasement of an offended party from wrath or anger. REDEMPTION: What is required in order to liberate from oppression, enslavement, or another type of binding obligation. JUSTIFICATION: Divine, forensic act of…
“It Is Finished!”
Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him; and they began to come up to Him and say, “Hail,…