Encouraging women to walk deeper with God at Kristi Woods (.net) by exploring and learning about hope in the Bible and how that impacts our lives.
Maybe the doors weren’t kicked open, and discouragement crept in. You wonder why the lost opportunity when the dream seemed so real? Maybe you even prayed for those open doors, yet they remained locked solid like a clam more than determined to hide its pearly riches. As disappointment builds, the familiar chatter often crescendos, too….
Love runs deep–but we don’t always notice it. And sometimes Christians hurt. See the smiles in the above picture? They don’t tell the whole story. We mamas in the picture became fast friends, as military wives often do, a decade-ish ago. Our homeschooled kids attended field trips & classes together. They played at the beach…
I hadn’t intended on sharing this today, but then Kobe Bryant died on Sunday, thrusting many into a world of sadness and despair. It’s a funny thing, what grief does to you. Grief The sports world and more reeled at the news–young and old fans alike. Another talented voice silenced. Nine in that helicopter in…
Feeling Abandoned or Ignored? Are you feeling abandoned or ignored? Where do you find hope? Sometimes feelings sway us to feel forgotten, left alone, abandoned, or even ignored. And sometimes we set the blame with God. Other times, it lands solidly on mankind. The fleeting feeling of being alone festers within us. We may even…
Do You Self-Punish? Grab this Gigantic Piece of Truth The accuser attempts to sabotage our faith–our future with the King of kings–through smeared accusations. And sometimes we self-punish in support of this effort. I’ll be honest, it’s easy to “beat myself up” mentally when I fall short in a situation. It causes an internal ruckus….
Do you ever feel unwanted? Those feelings sooth about as much as sandburs (or regular, old field burs) on bare feet. Let’s thread hope into the situation.
Do you like blogs–their popular posts? Do you like a good, meat-worthy, faith-building post–one that helps keep eyes on Jesus? Meeeee too. Popular Post Question Several writer friends/Jesus girls kindly responded to a “popular post” question I posed recently. Many of their posts exclaim His strength, His healing, His hope. And hope is one thing I…
This is it! It’s our final memory verse. You guys, we did it! We’ve worked our way through Psalm 34 in 2018. The whole, crazy good Psalm. Just tuck this last, glorious verse into the heart. And that’s it! I love that this is our last one. Call it a verse of hope and redemption,…