Doesn’t it just irk you when you get home and realize you bought the wrong box?…
Archive for August, 2008
Baggies
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged baggies, frustrations, random on August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Reason #249 why we love our church…
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Christian marriage, Christianity, Church, fun church, marriage, marriage retreat, marriage roles on August 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
…and four brave couples, who thought they were volunteering for a dance-off, ended up practicing kama sutra moves with balloons out on the dance floor (yes, this is a baptist church)…
Love Extravagant, part 3
Posted in Manna & Living Water, tagged blessing, Christ, deliverance, God, Jesus, joy, offering, praise, righteousness, sacrifice, submission, yahweh on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On a kayakking/hiking tour we went on through the Wailua River, we noticed something incredible on the side of the trail. On a rock, there was a coconut that had fallen off of a tree and split open. Out of this coconut, on a rock, was the shoot of a coconut tree growing…On a Rock!…
Love Extravagant, part 2
Posted in Manna & Living Water, tagged brokenness, Christ, confession, deliverance, God, Isaiah 61, Jesus, redemption, repentance, sin, spiritual bondage, yahweh on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By adoption, we truly do share in His kingdom! This promise is so great, we will literally shout for joy, to make it known among the nations, just as we now make known the mourning and lamenting for our sins (confession and repentance)…
Love Extravagant, part 1
Posted in Manna & Living Water, tagged biblical holy days, brokenness, Christ, deliverance, God, Isaiah 61, Jesus, redemption, repentance, repressed memories, sin, spiritual bondage on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What an emancipation proclamation! We get a beautiful picture of compassionate Jesus, coming to rescue those who have been oppressed, beat down, held captive…to tend to their wounds, and shout out to their oppressors that He will be freeing them. He’s removing their chains, and they’re leaving with Him…
Still Chewing…
Posted in Deconstructing Wendy, Tender Mercies, tagged Christ, deep healing, God, grace, Healing, Jesus, mercy, prayer, rape, repressed memories, sexual abuse, surrender on August 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve mostly been chewing on the words I wrote last, meditating on the promises in Isaiah 61, and witnessing the sweet, tender, healing love and power of Christ. I’ve also had the opportunity to do some deep healing prayer with a couple of people…I am in awe!…
Broken Things
Posted in Random Thoughts, Recapturing Innocence, Tender Mercies, tagged brokenness, God, grace, Healing, mercy, music, redemption, wounds on August 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This song has so captured my soul’s cry these past months. Wanted to share it for anyone else who may need it…Thanks Bad for the link…
You can have my heart
Though it isn’t new
It’s been used and broken
And only comes in blue
It’s been down a long road
And it got dirty on the [...]
Chewing on Words
Posted in Deconstructing Wendy, Recapturing Innocence, Tender Mercies, tagged brokenness, Christ, encouragement, grace, Healing, hope, mercy, rape, redemption, repressed memories, sexual abuse, yahweh on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s funny how sometimes the words our soul desperately needs to hear the most come right out of our own mouth…just directed toward someone else. As I’ve shared the past couple of weeks, God has been giving me words to pass on to others. A couple of nights ago, I realized just how much my [...]