Month: February 2024

“Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.” The Westminster Shorter Catechism To glorify God means to praise and honor. We glorify God in attitude and in action. I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart;    I will glorify your name forever.Psalm 86:12 NIV In the same way, let…

“If I have a hope, it’s that God sat over the dark nothing and wrote you and me, specifically, into the story, and put us in with the sunset and the rainstorm as though to say, enjoy your place in my story. The beauty of it means you matter, and you can create within it…

“May God remind us daily —no matter what kind of obstacles we face —that we are loved and empowered by the One Who brought the universe into existence with the mere sound of His voice. Nothing is impossible for Him.” Beth Moore

If you knew that only a few would care that you came, would you still come? If you knew that those you loved would laugh in your face, would you still care? If you knew that the tongues you made would mock you, the mouths you made would spit at you, the hands you made…

God has chosen us.  Our status is not a matter of our worthiness, but of His love.  Sinclair B. Ferguson ********** “God loves you simply because He has chosen to do so. He loves you when you don’t feel lovely. He loves you when no one else loves you. Others may abandon you, divorce you,…

Don’t doubt your value. Don’t run from who you are. “I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been born in God’s thought, and then made by God is the dearest, grandest, and most precious thing in all thinking.” *…

“You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you. John 15:16 The Message ********** But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may…

Before you chose God, He chose you. Rick Warren ********** We know, dear brothers and sisters, that God loves you and has chosen you to be his own people. 1 Thessalonians 1:4 NLT ********** ********** We did not happen to be–we were chosen by God to exist.Mother Angelica ********** ********** The greatest miracle of all is…

Most of us have childhood memories of not being “chosen.” Not chosen for that part in a play, not chosen to play on the team, or chosen last, reluctantly, on the playground. Not chosen for whatever we had our heart set on. It’s easy to go from there to “not good enough,” “not important,” “not…

Since Zoey died, Hunter has become very clingy. He has decided that my sole purpose in life is to provide him with a continuous cuddle and a comfortable lap. No matter what I am doing, he watches me, sometimes sternly, as though I am failing to understand what he wants. Yesterday, while I was getting…