Mental Health Meets Faith
Have you ever been through the frustration of feeling like someone didn’t really know you? They just couldn’t understand you? There is a deep hunger in every human heart to be known fully and loved completely. I love Psalm 139, because it depicts the God who knows me. It says He has searched me. Stop and think about it for one second. The God that created the universe took the time to search you out […]
Beauty. We all long for it. We long to see beauty. We long to have beauty in our lives. We want to be beautiful and we want to be seen as beautiful. The chorus to my favorite song goes like this: “Hey now, this is my desire. Consume me like a fire, cause I just want something beautiful to touch me. I know that I’m in reach, cause I am down on my knees. I’m […]
I look just like my mom. Everyone constantly tells me this. “Theresa, I met your mom today! You look just like her!” We have the same face shape and the same eyes. We share many of the same facial expressions. I bear her mark. In Luke chapter 20, the teachers of the law and the chief priests try to back Jesus into a corner by asking Him a tricky question. At the time, Israel was […]
If you grew up in the church, there is no doubt that you have probably heard the phrase “Guard your heart” at one time or another. It comes from the well-known verse Proverbs 4:23, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” We usually hear this in regards to relationships. When we seek out advice about that particular cutie we are crushing on someone is bound to remind us of […]
Lately, I have been reading up on Joseph. Joseph was a person who had been given great promises by God, but had to endure great pain and difficulty to get there. Have you ever been there before? You just know that God has given you a dream, so you place it in God’s hands, asking him to bring it to fulfillment. But then in a series of unfortunate events, you are led on a painful […]
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:13-16) Jesus poses the question to His disciples, […]
Incomplete. Do you ever feel incomplete? Like something is missing? Like you are waiting for something to make you whole? I think we have all felt this way at one time or another. There are times in our lives when we sincerely believe this twisted lie. If I just had this one thing, the missing piece, I could be truly happy. For me personally, there have been seasons where I have bought the lie in […]
A while back I wrote a post about feeling like you’re not enough. This post is about the related topic of feeling like you don’t fit in. We will all eventually encounter a situation where we feel like we just don’t fit. We don’t belong. Whatever the situation may be, the feeling is uncomfortable. I’ve been there and I have found myself wishing at times that I could force myself to fit. I’ve found myself […]
I was listening to the song “Nothing is Wasted” one morning this week. I love the message of this song: “Nothing is wasted. You work all things for good. Nothing is wasted. Your promise remains. Forever you reign.” I need to be reminded of this often…and I’m sure you do to. The truth is we all make mistakes…alot of them. Some are bigger than others, and we deal with the consequences to varying degrees. We […]
“Jesus is my Homeboy.” You’ve probably heard this before, or seen it printed on a t-shirt somewhere. It’s kind of a goofy saying. I think the general idea is that I like Jesus. Jesus is cool. I’m a fan. If He were to walk in the room, I would give Him a fist bump. We need to be careful with how casually we approach our relationship with Jesus because while He is our closest friend […]