It's a choice that'll determine whether on January 1, 2022, we'll look back on disaster or joy.
Tag: surrender
It is impossible to follow God (Deuteronomy 28)
Raise your hand if you have ever been able to fully obey God and follow all His commands. Exactly.
How to turn trial and error into trial and success (Deuteronomy 27)
I've been trying to keep it together. Haphazardly put the lights back up. Patch things up. Give myself a pep talk. Make a plan. Set goals. Trial and error. But I haven't been getting it right.
#NeverForget (Deuteronomy 16)
We attend church. We call ourselves Christians. We insist that we believe in God. It all looks and sounds very good, but we've forgotten something crucial.
My way, God’s way, or the highway? (Deuteronomy 12)
Why do we get mad when God asks us only to treat people how He tells us to, or work how He tells us to, or have sex how He tells us to, or just live life how He tells us to?
A different kind of famous (Deuteronomy 4)
Christians get a bad rap these days because, well, a lot of them deserve it. We don't glorify God with our actions or our words. But why is that?
Pinky Promise (Numbers 30)
When an Israelite in the Bible times made a vow to God, it was private, between them and God. Unless, of course, if they were a woman. What gives?
The Myth of Perfectly Imperfect (Numbers 20)
I'm exhausted.
I have been trying so hard, for so long. I've been trying to be perfect. And I'm freaking sick of it. I'm done. I'm not here to be perfect.
I just can't do it anymore.
The End of Shame (Leviticus 15)
Men ejaculate, women have periods. What's the big deal? Declaring them "unclean" until evening? Making them offer sacrifices? Why did God make the Israelites go through all of that? Is that shaming?
God’s Asking Too Much (Exodus 13)
Summary: You know how you can fall into rabbit holes on the internet? I fell into one this week, reading story after unbelievable story about terribly selfish people expecting huge favors from others for little to nothing in return. One person rudely demanded one of their Facebook friends hand over a free flight voucher to … Continue reading God’s Asking Too Much (Exodus 13)