And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me (Luke 9:23). Taking up our cross daily. Is that something we hear much about…
I’m feeling a bit heart-broken lately, y’all. I want to kind of pour my heart out to all five or so of you who will read this 🙂 Words are hard sometimes, you know? Some situations are complicated, and trying…
Christians need one another, and I see this in my life very often. I want to say how thankful I am for my brothers and sisters in Christ. We are a body in Christ, right? One of us might have…
Does Jesus love someone because they believe in a certain teaching or belong to a certain denomination of Christianity? I’ve been thinking about my own Christian journey, one of lukewarm faith to dangerous zealousness–a zeal to my own detriment, mostly.…
I’m often astounded at how easily I become overwhelmed with things. Even little things. I tend to over-think and sometimes I create problems in my own mind that aren’t even there! I was just sitting and thinking about this, and…
I was just thinking about how blessed we are to have life and how fast time passes us by. We’ve all had thoughts about that, especially if we have children. They grow too fast, as people say. The passing of…
I know that title is a bit ridiculous, and I mean no vanity or pride in this. At least I don’t think I do. Anyhow, I wrote a week or so ago about how I’ve decided to go back to…
I visited a church on Sunday, and since then I’ve been thinking — yet again — about church in general. Anyone who’s followed KindlingTruth knows that I’ve had some reservations about church. I’ve tended to go back and forth between…
Today was the first cold-ish day we’ve had this autumn where I live, in Southern Mississippi. I feel the pangs of dread for the winter ahead. I’m not a winter person. I almost need to be outside in the sunshine,…
Do you ever feel like a walking contradiction? I do. I know the Lord can and does work amazing things in our lives. I know his grace and love changes us and overtime we become more like him. Sometimes though,…
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