by Jodie Stevens | Aug 14, 2014 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety |
The tragic death of a Robin Williams is a reminder that mental illness and addiction don’t discriminate. No amount of fame, money, brilliance, talent, charisma or good looks can bring happiness. They’re all transitory and most people realize it at some point in their...
by Jodie Stevens | Jun 18, 2014 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Hope |
My father once said: “If there is a God, then why is life so hard?” Every night I pray for His salvation, but I also wish he could see how God can use difficulties to strengthen our character and teach us valuable lessons if we let Him. Had it not been for...
by Jodie Stevens | Jun 3, 2014 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Forgiveness |
“Have you eaten the fruit I commanded you not to eat?” “Yes,” Adam admitted, “but it was the woman you gave me who brought me the fruit…. Then the Lord asked the woman, “How could you do such a thing?” “The serpent tricked me.” (Genesis 3:11-13) Here we clearly see...
by Jodie Stevens | May 15, 2014 | Boundaries, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Hope |
In Psalm 68 we’re told that God is: “A father to the fatherless,” “A defender of widows,” and that He: “sets the lonely in families.” Sometimes abuse, addiction, infidelity, death, or dysfunction make it impossible for us to have a healthy relationship with our...
by Jodie Stevens | May 14, 2014 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction |
In his commentary on Self-pity, Martin G. Collins points out some biblical examples of this destructive character trait: Cain kills his brother, Moses pleads with God to excuse him from leadership, Jonah gets swallowed by a whale, and Elijah asks God to strike him...
by Jodie Stevens | Apr 29, 2014 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Happiness, Hope, Patience |
Why it is that some people who endure suffering never seem to find peace and they leave this world defeated and broken; while others can turn similar hardships into their greatest victory? Their story becomes a bestseller; sometimes changing lives, laws, and history....
