“Some seed fell on the foot path and the birds ate it, other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock and sprang up quickly, but it soon wilted beneath the hot sun and died because the root had no nourishment in the soil. Other seed fell among thorns that shot up and choked out the tender blades so that it produced no grain. Still other seed fell on fertile soil and produced a crop thirty, sixty and even hundred times are much.” Mark4:4-8 NLT The seed can be put out in the same field and have different results, but why? The seed cannot be planted if your heart is hard and so closed off from God it cannot even fight its way in. Your ears are being filled with our enemies lies instead of letting the truth in. Where God is trying to work in you, Satan is trying ten times harder. You can be in your walk with God and be connected to Him, but the roots are not deep enough for it to take hold and flourish. We can be in a place where we receive the word and we know the right…
Last night I held my first ever women’s event, and it was incredible. It was incredible because you see all these women in one place from all different churches and walks of faith but there for one purpose, to grow in their faith with God. Looking around the room watching women work together, volunteering their time is the ultimate goal of us as Christians to come together for the goodness of God. My heart was overcome with emotions, because when you really let the goodness of His grace fully consume you it humbles you. Just because you have made plenty of mistakes doesn’t mean that you are unworthy for His love. Most of my life I spent knowing of God and the goodness of what He can do but never fully deeply experiencing them. I didn’t understand the enormity of His grace until I was in my late 20s. I think we are often scared to truly follow Him because deep down we know it’s going to hurt. It’s going to cause us to lose, and losing is something none of us enjoy. The loss of a friend, family member…