It has been a few months since the bitter, cold day that our sweet rabbit, Cocoa, gave birth to her four babies.
It was a day that Cocoa acted on her feelings instead of the realities and truth of her situation. The result was quite horrific to see. The ensuing tragedy gave me a terrifically helpful illustration to remember going forward.
It’s also lead me to ask this week’s question:
“Am I living congruently with who God says I am?…
According to the American Psychological Association, chronic stress can be linked to the six leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver and suicide. And more than 75 percent of all physician office visits are for stress-related ailments and complaints.
That sounds really disheartening, but let me give you some encouragement!
Not all stress has to be endured. While we do have stressors in our lives that are out of our control, we also have plenty that is well within our control. Self-induced stress might be the easiest kind…
Heartbreaking mommy moment #?: “Mommy, I’m a dork.”
So we have a talk about words.
We talk about who we most truly are. How we can believe what God says instead of what our feelings say.
In the course of any given week, it is possible for me to hear many self-demeaning statements and other-demeaning statements. At each little league baseball game this summer I heard a mom yell demeaning things at her son. I read of others being demeaned or demeaning themselves on Facebook almost daily. I find it impossible to find a show on…
Correggio, Nativity (Holy Night), 1528-30
Galations 4:4-5
“4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.”
Aren’t you glad that “the fullness of time” had come over 2,000 years ago and that you are on this side of that mark in time?
Our God allowed being born into our world like us in order to be born under the law, live…
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