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Whom do you follow?
“Can one blind person lead another? Won’t they both fall into a ditch” (Luke 6:39, NLT)? Today’s blog inspiration comes from a number of places. #1 – Editing my dating & relationships book for Harvest House #2 – Study of 1 John 1 #3 – Personal reflection & quiet time #4 – Time spent with my boyfriend. #5 – Remembering my first book, “Faithbook of Jesus.” Recently, I was convicted and encouraged by the “blind leading the blind” passage. What a great representation of examining the self, right? David was personal with God; that is why I believe He was called a man after God’s own heart. He continually asked…
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A Father's Legacy
“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me” (John 14:1, NLT). I just love the picture of a father holding his precious ones in His arms. There is so much love in His embrace. In His arms we are found whole. Complete. No matter what the problems of the day, all we need is to surrender and go running into the arms of Jesus. He is the one who helps us lead a Father’s legacy. I downloaded A Father’s Legacy: Twelve Important Things I Learned from My Dad by Nancy Leigh DeMoss, one of my favorite authors. I hope it encourages you this week…
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Facebook official
[Why my relationship is more important than a Facebook status or being Facebook official.] “So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless” (James 2:17, NLT). I think it’s the coolest thing that I started dating Marc the week I started editing my book on dating and relationships [to be released January, 2012 with Harvest House]. My editor, Kathleen, sent me back a TWENTY-THREE page Word document pertaining to my book, how she perceived it, and many (MANY) takeaway points of how I can make it the best book ever! At first, I was humbled. Then I was excited. And then…
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Deal breakers in Dating
I posed a question today on Twitter: “For a ‘Christian’ single what should be the top two deal-breakers?” and got plenty of responses. Which leads me to a list I found and had saved for at least five years. My deal breakers in dating was was hidden in one of my journals and thought it would be a great list for you to print and save for your own personal records! 1. Clear-cut vision (Prov. 29:18; Hab. 2:2-3) 2. Teachable spirit (Prov. 3:11-12; Prov. 1:5-7) 3. Under authority (Rom. 13:1-5; Luke 7:6-10) 4. Leader (Eph. 5:22-23; Prov. 31:23) 5. Same beliefs (Amos 3:3) – this one’s circled REALLY big!!!! 6.…
