"I love the writing of Canadian farmer's wife Ann Voskamp. One night, while her husband unexpectedly massaged her feet, she wondered, 'Why is it easier to pour out than to let yourself be loved?...Letting yourself receive love means trusting you will be loved in your vulnerable need; it means believing you are worthy of being loved. Why can that be so heartbreakingly hard?'
I know why: because I know what's inside me. The pride. The selfishness. What I did yesterday. The things I thought - just an hour ago.
Stop it now. God is love. And our vulnerable God opens himself to cover my love-fears with himself. Love is not about my worthiness, my enough-ness. It's about God's unendingness."
by Elisa Morgan, The Prayer Coin
Reminder: Take This Cup. Not My Will.
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Suspicion
This is a profound thought...
The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good.
-Oswald Chambers
The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good.
-Oswald Chambers
Your adversary
Bible Gateway Verse of the Day
1 Peter 5:8-9
Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.
1 Peter 5:8-9
Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Living sacrifices
Bible Gateway Verse of the Day
Romans 12:1
Living Sacrifices to God
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans 12:1
Living Sacrifices to God
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Two-edged sword
Bible Gateway Verse of the Day
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of the soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of the soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Choose her
The woman you are becoming will cost you people, relationships, spaces and material things.
Choose her over everything.
Choose her over everything.
Monday, October 28, 2019
Theological identity
from Flying Free
by Connie A. Baker
Perhaps the most difficult identity crisis for spiritual abuse survivors is the loss of theological identity. The survivor has to question his/her identity in relation to God. It can feel very much like God no longer has any regard for the survivor.
by Connie A. Baker
Perhaps the most difficult identity crisis for spiritual abuse survivors is the loss of theological identity. The survivor has to question his/her identity in relation to God. It can feel very much like God no longer has any regard for the survivor.
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