Blogging Through the Seasons

Forgiveness can be one of the hardest things you have to do on your journey to growth and peace. I think I can say I’m a work in progress in that respect. I have learned that if I hold on to hurt, pain, resentment, and anger, it harms me more than it harms the...

When Emmanuel is guiding your life, it is certain to be filled with memorable and purposeful experiences. My mother had recently joined the Seventh-day Adventist church when I had just turned ten. I liked what certain church girls were telling me about their school in...

Prayer 31: “May my needs be evermore entangled with my charity, benevolence, offering, and care for others.” I am always exasperated when I hear the invitation to be like Jesus. My thoughts trail to the Christan marketing slogan made popular in the 1990s, “What Would...

As I have been reading this book, May It Be So, it has touched so many different cords in my heart and experience. It has opened me to viewing the Lord’s Prayer in a different light. I believe the essence of this book can be summed up in one of the book’s...

I have been intrigued by the times the word, “love,” has been mentioned in the prayers of our book, “May It Be So.” Six of the prayers have to do with how we see, receive, and do love with each other. Six others are petitions for the assurance and presence...

“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2:10 Our bodies are amazing. We often forget to appreciate all they do for us. Sometimes we focus on our flaws, instead of seeing...