by Jodie Stevens | May 16, 2017 | Boundaries, Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Happiness, Hope |
You word is a lamp on my feet, a light on my path” (Psalm 119). In a previous piece I wrote about how listening to too many opinions can make it hard to hear God’s voice. This dovetails with another thing that can drown out God’s voice; an...
by Jodie Stevens | Apr 24, 2017 | Happiness, Hope, Love |
When I was a child I loved reading The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams 1922). It’s a story about a child’s toy that longs to be ‘Real.’ “What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day. “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out...
by Jodie Stevens | Apr 20, 2017 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Happiness, Hope, Humor |
“Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training” (Anna Freud). I’m 10 years old and really excited. I’m in fourth grade and it’s field trip day. Our class is going to visit the Super Computer! Now this is a fancy machine with a...
by Jodie Stevens | Apr 13, 2017 | Choices, Hope, Love |
“Tell the people of Jerusalem, Look your king is coming to you. He is humble, riding on a donkey-riding on a donkey’s colt” (Matthew 21:5). What happens when God’s will doesn’t line up with ours? It’s tempting to give up isn’t...
by Jodie Stevens | Apr 3, 2017 | Boundaries, Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Humor |
“Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe” (Proverbs 29:25). The fear of man has tripped me up in more ways than I can count. One of the biggest problems it’s caused me is a lot of confusion and difficulty in...
