Walking with God, Digesting Scripture and Pointing Others to Grow Deeper in their Faith
So much pain on our world! A friend's son died suddenly, an adoptive parent is at their wits end with destructive behaviors, discouragement, negative words, depression, anxiety and disconnection. I just want to step into the Light and let the Light shine on my face. Light, I invite you in. Shine on my brokenness. Shine... Continue Reading →
We are always walking through waters in this life, waters of death, waters of grief, waters of disappointment, waters of pain, waters of violence, waters of anger and the list goes on and on... The comments I hear inside our loving church family are many on how we don’t even know how people survive without... Continue Reading →
The pain of barrenness runs deep in the soul of a woman. While meeting with a social worker preparing to be a foster parent I was asked if I can have children. “I don’t know,” I said, “I never tried.” We both laughed at my unique answer, unique because I’d been single for many years... Continue Reading →
Psalms 34 is absolutely beautiful. God brings beauty from pain. In times of sadness, suffering and sorrow. God is near. When my child dies what’s my response? When my spouse leaves, how do I survive? When someone I love commits a heinous crime, what do I do? I’ve seen two replies when these overwhelming circumstances... Continue Reading →
It’s Mother’s Day. This is an interesting verse for this day. The apostle Paul is called an apostle because of the encounter with God he had being blinded. He expresses gratitude to believers in Philippi as he writes to them. Thoughts of them brings up feelings of gratitude. My husband is with his father today... Continue Reading →
Some of our kids are dead: gang shootings, domestic violence, a hit and run at night where he was left for dead like he was trash. Some of our kids are in jail: gangs, violence, drugs, theft, fraud. Some of our kids are in foster care: Mom chose her sex offender boyfriend over her children,... Continue Reading →
Jeni Martin Johnson 