Have you ever tried to cut something with a dull blade? It never tends to go well for me. All of my attempts end in lackluster results, frustration, or defeat. I’ve experienced a similar problem when it comes to my conscience. It’s something which is supposed to help me cut through sticky situations. This cut should help me make the correct separation between right and wrong. Last week I discovered it has been failing at this job in one part…
Confidence is something that is easy to talk about and pretty difficult to actually obtain. I’ve heard the full range of opinions on how to gain confidence. Some people say that we just ‘need to be ourselves’ while others suggest we lose a few pounds and buy some new clothes. I’ve tried both of these suggestions and many others but I’ve found that only God’s love gives me the real confidence that I need. I discovered this truth from an…
Many of us believe that pushing limits with our clothing choice represents a kind of freedom and we enjoy exercising that freedom in our choice of Halloween costume. This supposed freedom actually backfires on us and creates a type of prison. When we break free from the social standards of modesty, we end up in a prison of doubt. The prison only exists in our heads, but that doesn’t make it any less real or significant. My physical constraints are nothing…
Women are beautiful and I assume that most of us can agree on that. With that being said, we don’t all agree on what makes women beautiful. While many people compare and contrast the value of feminine characteristics, I have discovered that one reigns supreme. A woman’s knowledge and thirst for God sits high above any physical, intellectual, or personality characteristic. Some have made this argument before and yet few of them have explained practically why the attribute of knowing…
I tend to mix together my desire for intimacy with my worth. That’s dangerous. Intimacy is something that’s meant to be shared between two people and not earned for the sake of increasing my self-worth. The core of this problem is that I think I need to earn intimacy with another person. It’s very natural for me to believe that if I want something then I have to work for it and earn it. That’s not exactly a bad idea…
Do you ever feel like God comes up short? Do you ever think that your life would be completely different if God just changed one thing in your life? Do these feelings or doubts ever make you wonder if God is trying to hold things back from you? Personally, I’d answer yes to every single one of those questions. I don’t mean that I used to answer yes to those questions. I’ve dealt with all three of those questions this…