The Blessing of Darkness, part 1 of 8

I went from the last blog post three weeks ago -“Resting and Relying” to the furnace of affliction and the dark night of my soul!   Oops. Remember when I said that I loved how the kingdom of God is full of upside-down thinking?  The title of this series of posts is an example of …

Shame and Honor

I read a lot of Biblical counseling books. A LOT!!!  Reading counseling books has been a passion of mine for many years even before I became a Christian. I absolutely love, love, love receiving insight into spiritual growth needs in my own life and then sharing that information with others. We are to be counseling …

Part 5 of 5 Fan into flame the gift of God within you

Part B – Beauty in my sanctification On December 20th last year, a friend came over to help me make some soups as I’m on a special diet. This friend has been tried and true from the day I met her - right after I had my biopsy which revealed the breast cancer.  She has …

Part 3 of 5 God’s hesed love: something inexpressibly beautiful to me!

Part B: the bunny represents God’s hesed love to me. A book I heartily recommend by William Hendricks is The Light That Never Dies – A Story of Hope in the Shadows of Grief. A dear lady in our church gave it to me soon after my Stage IV cancer diagnosis last year. It is …