by Jodie Stevens | Sep 26, 2016 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Happiness, Hope |
“It is when we try to make our will conform with God’s that we begin to use it rightly. To all of us, this was the most wonderful revelation. Our whole trouble had been the misuse of willpower. We had tried to bombard our problems with it instead of attempting...
by Jodie Stevens | Sep 22, 2016 | Choices, Hope, Love |
…for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned. (Song of Solomon 8:6-7)...
by Jodie Stevens | Aug 22, 2016 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Forgiveness, Happiness, Hope, Love |
“He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand” (Psalm 40:2.) God can lift you out of the ‘pit,’ even if you dug it yourself and jumped in. He lovingly rescues us when we cry out to him. I know...
by Jodie Stevens | Aug 15, 2016 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Happiness, Hope |
Have these maniacal self-doubt instigators ever won you over? “Nobody wants me here.” “I don’t belong.” “Any moment somebody’s going to see I’m just a fake and I’m really not good at my job.” Or the famous line from the...
by Jodie Stevens | Jul 25, 2016 | Choices, Fear and Anxiety, Forgiveness, Happiness, Patience |
On old college friend posted this on Facebook: “If you’re a supporting (such and such) candidate un-friend me now because you’re too stupid to talk to.” As a society we’ve become polarized by so many things. For a lot of us, being right is more important than being...
