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Love Them Anyway

“People don’t need information; they want examples” Bob Goff You know those times that you feel like God is trying to challenge your heart? You read things and you hear things much like our church sermon recently, and it’s God trying to reach you again. This has happened to me recently, and I am no longer trying to run and hide from this. I am going to accept His challenge for me and work towards it. Over the last couple of months I have started reading this book; Everybody Always by Bob Goff. It is incredible; the challenge started with this book and it continued with my bible study and with hearing from God in multiple different settings. This book is about encouraging you to love difficult people, the creepy ones, the rude ones, and the not so loveable ones; to love them anyways because ultimately it is what Jesus has called us to do and it is what He did. He did not just choose the good people or the easy ones to love. He loved us all the same. I am not going to lie to you this task is a little…

Forgiveness

“If anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure to all of you. This punishment by the majority is enough for such a person, so that on the contrary you should forgive and encourage him instead.  Therefore, I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything. Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, so that we would not be outwitted by Satan.” 2 Corinthians 2: 5-11 Forgiveness for me is not something that comes easily at times. It can take years for some and for some forgiveness comes easy. For some, they never forgive. I honestly envy those people that can truly forgive quickly and move on. I am trying so hard to be like that and forgive justly and fervently as God wants us to do. There are some situations that I have been able to forgive, but there are some that have held onto with my heart, rooted down…