Has Jesus Won Your Heart?
I love songs that talk about the love of Jesus. I didn’t used to. Never really understood it. And I certainly couldn’t relate to those emotional women who waxed poetic about Jesus. What was up with that? You see, when I was very young, a cult tried to make me hate and fear Jesus. I…
Lonely in a Good Marriage
IF ONLY . . . now those are two pretty worthless words: If only I my husband was Godly; If only he was kinder; If only we had more in common; If only I was in a truly good marriage, I wouldn’t get lonely. Sorry. That just isn’t true. Loneliness can occur in the best…
Misunderstanding of “Laying Down Your Soul”
I can hear you asking, “If we keep preferring one another, how do we keep from going around in circles with no one making a decision?” That’s so frustrating! And it loses the concept of allowing God to give us His desires. If we know, surely and deeply, that He is operating in our lives,…
Love is Laying Down Your Soul
Laying down your soul for someone else sounds like an impossible task, doesn’t it? It sounds like a recipe for pain and further emotional damage. The thing is, you can’t truly lay down your soul for another until you lay it down for yourself.
Love Fights Loneliness
How do we defer our desires? Think about this: are your desires loving? Are your desires holy? Could they be destructive to anyone else? Could they eventually be destructive to you? Psalm 37:4 tells us to delight in the Lord and He will give us the desires of our heart. Have you let Him provide…
Unloved and Lonely
During my freshman year of college, I had a wonderful suite-mate who was a missionary kid. This was her second year of college in the States; the rest of her education had been in boarding schools. I’ll call her Susie.