Walking through life with my gaze on The Morning Star
Forgiveness is hard sometimes, isn’t it? I know I can hold anger toward people for a long time if they have wronged me – or even if they wronged someone close to me. I may say I forgive them, but my heart is still harboring bitterness. Is that really forgiveness? No, it’s not.
I recently was inspired by Paul when reading 2 Timothy Chapter 4. In verse 16 he says,
I’m scared to write this article. I don’t want to admit all this. I don’t want to examine my heart in this way. But I know that being vulnerable and sharing our struggles with others is a way that helps us connect. It helps us not feel so alone.
With that said, let’s dive right in to today’s topic – insecurity.
This is something every person deals with in one way or another. For some it’s very minimal and they may not even realize it’s there, while for others it is crippling. I’m not happy to say that I am the latter.
*hums* “Read your Bible, pray every day and you’ll grow, grow, grow. But if you don’t read your Bible forget to pray, then you’ll shrink, shrink, shrink.”
Working in Children’s Ministry the past few years and being introduced to all these kid’s songs has made me realize how great they really are. They hold simple truths that are relevant even to grown ups.
The song I mentioned above, for example is saying that reading your Bible, praying, staying connected to God will grow your relationship with Him. However, if we aren’t doing these things, we tend to shrink or remain stagnant. We’re not meant to be stagnant in our relationship with God, we’re meant to grow.
Bullying is a real problem in this world. Whether it’s happening at school, by your own family, or your best friend — bullying is happening everywhere.
Yet with all those bullies in the world, throwing stones at our hearts or shooting arrows behind our backs, I think something we fail to recognize is that we can be our biggest bully.
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1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 says,
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
How can I rejoice always?
What does it mean to pray without ceasing?
How do I give thanks in everything?
It can often feel like we’re told to do something pertaining to our walk with God, but never given a clear way to go about it.
How do we follow Paul’s exhortation in 1 Thessalonians 5 in a practical way?
Why would God allow this?
If He is such a loving God, why doesn’t He stop this?
We’ve all asked these questions at one point or another. Our world seems to be crashing down on us and it feels like there’s no way out. We cry out to God for deliverance but things only get worse. Is He listening?
Hello, and welcome to my cozy corner of the internet! I’m so glad you’re here 🙂
Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Jaclynn Marie, a Star Gazer just like you. I have a deep passion to know my Lord and Savior and to grow my relationship with Him every single day.
My goal for this blog is to help us all do just that. I hope that this blog will help us focus on God despite the distractions thrown at us day in and day out – to make choices every day that will shape us into more Christlike individuals.