Kristi Woods encourages faith growth with these tools, ideas, and conversations centered on the Bible, self-worth, love, prayer, and trust.
“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,…
What if we lived in a world without turn signals? No blink, blink. No communication. Screech! Boom! Bam! Certainly there would be accidents, near accidents, and potential chaos of the driving kind. I recently followed a truck whose driver failed to use his turn signal. Fortunately, our van had good brakes, my adrenalin pumped fluidly,…
I’ve realized the need to be more intentional in my faith. Too many activities and choices crowd out communion with my Lord. He desires to have our heart–our whole heart. Sometimes, I sadly offer, He doesn’t have all of mine. You too? Let’s get intentional this year. Right now. Ready? How Can I Be More…
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