Kristi Woods encourages faith growth with these tools, ideas, and conversations centered on the Bible, self-worth, love, prayer, and trust.
How do you read your Bible? Mind if I throw something practical onto the blogosphere today? It’s nothing profound, but the end result, its by-product, certainly could be. It could be life-changing. How do you read your Bible? Do you have a plan? I’ve tried several and have completed a few. Maybe you too? Maybe…
Have you ever transitioned “my” will to “Thy” will? It’s often not easy. Just look at Jesus when He spoke the words in Luke 22:42. But good things happen when that transition happens. Here’s a story to encourage us. What’s Thy Will? “Will you pray for us, Kristi? We’re hoping to get orders to Northwest,” my…
“Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” Luke 22:42 NLT The day bubbled with excitement. Family and friends from miles around gathered with both their presence and their gifts. It was wedding day. I always had a strong will, a…
Dear Younger Me, Hello there, beautiful one. My, you’re a lovely masterpiece today. God’s work in you is good, and I praise Him. This I know full well. Oh, how I wish you knew that, too… …to continue reading this letter, please follow the link here. This letter to my Younger Me is part of a…
Ever feel as though you don’t fit? A new location or phase in life have your wondering where you belong? As a frequent mover who’s often geographically far from extended family, I have entertained these very questions. I don’t know anyone. I don’t know the routines, the traditions. Lord, I don’t fit anywhere. As one…
Welcome to part 2 of our continuing “milk and honey” saga. Part 1 can be found here. Have you put on any garments lately? There’s one in particular that covers our “buts” quite well and it directly correlates to our view. Stay with me. Read on. There’s more. Weeping. Grumbling. If only… Why? Our wives…
(The picture above was clicked by my son and possibly your student, Joel Woods, as we drove to school one foggy morning.) This post may contain affiliate links. They don’t seem sufficient. The words, they’re not enough, but this post tacked in the blogosphere comes with a heart of thankfulness, a heart of praise. Teacher,…
It might as well have been apples and oranges, black and white, or snowflakes and rain. Our views were quite different. Mine had the expanse of an Oklahoma sky, clad in medium blue, as it met the hills and trees on the horizon. The clouds, every single one of them, had rushed to another location,…
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