by Jodie Stevens | Dec 21, 2015 | Choices, Happiness, Hope, Love |
How would Jesus want us to celebrate His birthday this Christmas? How about pulling our hair out because our calendar is too full? Agonizing over finding the perfect gifts? Maxing out the credit cards buying them? Living in a state of dread awaiting the January...
by Jodie Stevens | Dec 14, 2015 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Hope, Patience |
“In the history of the Christian church, the tendency has been to avoid being identified with the sufferings of Jesus Christ. People have sought to carry out God’s orders through a shortcut of their own. God’s way is always the way of suffering— the way of the...
by Jodie Stevens | Dec 4, 2015 | Choices, Fear and Anxiety, Hope, Love |
After the recent tragedy in San Bernardino The New York Daily News touted the headline “God Isn’t Fixing This.” When God sent His only son Jesus Christ as a sacrifice He ‘fixed’ the problem of sin through forgiveness, atonement, and...
by Jodie Stevens | Nov 19, 2015 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Happiness, Hope, Love, Patience |
What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. When they walk through the valley of weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings. They will...
by Jodie Stevens | Nov 3, 2015 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Forgiveness, Hope, Love, Patience |
It’s been written that ‘success is a journey, not a destination.’ As it relates to spirituality, it couldn’t be more beautifully said than ‘The Peace Prayer’ (or the Eleventh Step Prayer) by St. Francis of Assisi: Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; Where there...
by Jodie Stevens | Oct 27, 2015 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Patience |
Being vulnerable with another person can be difficult. Especially if we’ve been taught that being vulnerable is a sign of weakness and having emotional needs is wrong. But when we hide our vulnerability out of ‘shame’ it often surfaces in other ways; such as through...
