Tag: Christianity

Love Trumps All

Love Trumps all

Mark 12:28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And …

A Recipe for Lemonade

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A Recipe for Lemonade Or How to Survive Post Traumatic Church Syndrome I love a good glass of lemonade. The sourness of the lemon married with the syrupy sweetness of a ton of sugar and a sprig of fresh mint or lavender or a bit of strawberries for an extra layer of interest. Fill up …

Hearing God in a Real Way

  I gave my life to Christ as a young child. My family attended a small church of less than 100 people, most of the families were retired couples, but they were excited to have my family a part of their church. There was a regular worship service where we would sing songs from an …

Failing Beautifully

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  How to Fail Beautifully (Part 3 of Failure) Once you accept that failure is part of our existence, perfection (in the sense that one is trying to be without sin or not to sin any further by your own strength), is no longer a goal. Being mature, obtaining maturity in spiritual matters is the …

How Can I Allow Myself to Fail IF I’m Supposed to Be Perfect?

Failure Blog Post Meme part 2

  Matthew 5:48 “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” It’s so easy to fall into a trap of thinking that we need to be “perfect.” We socially think of being “perfect” in a few ways: 1. Physically perfect This is something we are bombarded with on a daily basis, especially if we …