“Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season…” – 2 Timothy 4:2a
Confession time. I’m not always prepared to share the gospel with people. Honestly, if a stranger asked me what the gospel is, I would internally freak out and, in my flesh, stumble over my words because I have grown used to not naturally sharing it. I’m not often prepared to share the hope I have in me, which goes against what Christ commands us to do.
Let’s face it. You are broken. So am I. There’s no denying that fact because we live in a broken, sinful world. No matter how much of a perfectionist you are like I often am, you still have to admit that you have flaws and so does the world around us. No matter how many things you wish to go right, some are always going to go wrong. No matter how bad you want to please God in everything you do, you still miss the mark and do not honor him in all of your words, actions, and thoughts.
WARNING: This is not your typical travel blog. It’s not filled with a list of things to do and see, but rather the cry of my heart. I just got back from my family vacation to Arizona and Las Vegas, NV this week, and I’m honestly still processing everything I saw. We got to see… Read More A City of Hope
We have the freedom to choose many things. We have the freedom to choose to go to the gym and finish that hard workout, and we also have the freedom to sit on the couch eating Doritos and watching Netflix. We have the freedom to love our family well by calling them often if they… Read More Freedom
Finally, we get to the last blog in the series about plants. To start from the beginning, you can read Seeds, Roots, and Sprout. Also, in the picture above, I seriously did not mean to match the flowers.
Flowers in full bloom seem to make everyone happy. (Everyone who isn’t insanely allergic, that is.) I’ve never seen someone looking at flowers who is depressed by their beauty.
Finally, we get to the last blog in the series about plants. To start from the beginning, you can read Seeds, Roots, and Sprout. Also, in the picture above, I seriously did not mean to match the flowers. Flowers in full bloom seem to make everyone happy. (Everyone who isn’t insanely allergic, that is.) I’ve… Read More Bloom
Once a seed has had it’s time of growth under the surface, it’s next step is sprouting. And this is not an easy process, just as growing roots is not, especially when one is a new Christian. I don’t know if you have grown up in the church or whether you came to Christ from a life lived far from the church, but either way, there’s normally a time when you start to take your faith seriously. This is similar to when a seedling sprouts above the surface and starts to form its first leaves.
Once a seed has had it’s time of growth under the surface, it’s next step is sprouting. And this is not an easy process, just as growing roots is not, especially when one is a new Christian. I don’t know if you have grown up in the church or whether you came to Christ from… Read More Sprout
In the depth of the winter, when there’s a bleak dead landscape of trees and hard, brown grass, life still goes on below the surface, resting and preparing for the coming season. In the spring, even more growth goes on as the roots of the plant are taking in all the nutrients they can as the ground warms up.
In the depth of the winter, when there’s a bleak dead landscape of trees and hard, brown grass, life still goes on below the surface, resting and preparing for the coming season. In the spring, even more growth goes on as the roots of the plant are taking in all the nutrients they can… Read More Roots
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