by Jodie Stevens | Jun 4, 2017 | Boundaries, Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Hope, Love |
“When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” (John 5:6) Mental illness, addiction, and other traumas plague many families including my own. When I chose to recover it was a...
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 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 | Mar 12, 2017 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Happiness, Hope, Love |
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death (2 Corinthians 7:10). Psychology today defines guilt as: a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined. Shame...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 5, 2017 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Forgiveness, Hope, Love |
It’s easy to judge others harshly for their sins, while soft peddling our own. I’ve carried around shame inflicted by condemners, and I’ve been a condemner a few times too! However, we were not given the authority to condemn. That’s Gods...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 1, 2017 | Choices, Forgiveness, Hope, Love |
Match making sites are full of people searching for true love; the kind that’s unconditional. Casinos are packed with gamblers hoping to win millions without earning it. Advertisements are constantly promoting ‘free gift with purchase,’ or a ‘no cost consultation.’...
