For thus says the Lord, ‘When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.’ Jeremiah 29:10-13 (NASB) The theme for the weekend Continue Reading
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes {Recharge Wednesday Linkup}
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes The quote was scrolling across the TV screen while the leader talked. I immediately started thinking about the truth behind those words. It was one week before the beginning of the new school year and I knew it was time to start putting to practice some of the changes that I had committed to make during the summer. Well, let me rephrase it: It was time to start implementing some of the changes that God instructed me to make. Leave it to me, and I Continue Reading
Heart Shift: Could Your Heart be Moving Away From God’s?
For thus says the Lord, ‘When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.’ Jeremiah 29:10-13 (NASB) The theme for the weekend Continue Reading
Sometimes the Hardest Thing to Do Is Do Nothing At All {AJC Column}
"To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual." This quote from 19th-century writer Oscar Wilde was used in a psychology article that I read recently. The article explained the characteristics of manic defense. An example of manic defense is the person who spends all of his or her time rushing around from one task to the next, unable to tolerate even short periods of inactivity. The more I read about manic defense, the more I Continue Reading
