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10 years ago @ #SheReadsTruth - give thanks in all cir... · 0 replies · +1 points

Oh, I am VERY excited about this new study... especially the playlist! The Lord so often brings music to mind when I'm reading Scripture. I am grateful for that because, in spite of the fact that I love to journal, I think music ends up being the way I best process what He is saying through His word. And I love love LOVE hymns, so added bonus there! Thank you for taking the time to put this extra element together... I can't wait!

10 years ago @ #SheReadsTruth - talitha: when He tells... · 1 reply · +5 points

This was beautiful! I wasn't around for it the first time... so thank you for choosing it today!

Love these thoughts in light of Ephesians 2:1, "And you were DEAD in the trespasses and sins"... and then to verse 4, "But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us ALIVE together with Christ - by grace you have been saved."

As if it's not enough that He told us to rise up... we're told He raised us up because of His great love! He didn't do it begrudgingly... it was ALL because of His love and mercy!

10 years ago @ #SheReadsTruth - talitha: when He tells... · 0 replies · +1 points

Yes, I so needed this reminder today, to just believe! Thanks for sharing this, Janee!

10 years ago @ #SheReadsTruth - heads up, heart stuff,... · 0 replies · +1 points

Darcie! Name sister... :) So appreciate you sharing your heart and giving me some sweet encouragement through your comment. We are definitely feeling some of the same things. Thankful for your words!

10 years ago @ #SheReadsTruth - heads up, heart stuff,... · 4 replies · +8 points

Oooooh... heart stuff. Where do I start?

I totally feel you on this 5:00 darkness thing. That, coupled with crazy busyness this week, has really been hard for my routine.

Also dealing with some health-related trials in my family. It forces the question of how much I really TRULY trust the Lord, not just in a spiritual sense, but in a very real, tangible, physical sense.

Lately I've been struggling, not so much with the discipline of reading Scripture, but with the passion and desire for it. I shouldn't really say "lately." It's a lifelong struggle. But for a while, it was so much better. Now I'm feeling that numbness to it again.

There are so many distractions have come up. Sometimes it's things I HAVE to do... other times it's things I CHOOSE to do. But I can see my priorities starting to re-slip into old orders.

So there's my heart. I also need a restart... a renewal... a refreshing. Grateful that God is very much in that business!

10 years ago @ #SheReadsTruth - welcome the wanderers · 0 replies · +5 points

I appreciated the reminder that James is not just a list of instructions but an instrument of GRACE. I know I certainly had a few grumbly moments - I remember thinking at one point "this is really bringing me down!" But we need to be brought down to a humble place to be in position to receive His grace. I needed that reminder that I am nothing, can DO nothing, apart from His grace.

So now that all is said and done, I am grateful for this study. I am grateful to SRT for not letting me sail through on the easy verses but really challenging me. And I am grateful for all your comments, which arr such encouragement and blessing to me!

10 years ago @ #SheReadsTruth - the price of wealth · 0 replies · +1 points

There are soooo many types of "treasures" we can store up. Thanks for this reminder.

By way of encouragement, I pray you will be blessed by your part in this committee... and that the others will be blessed by you! Being part of my church's women's ministry committee has filled me with such gratefulness for the family of God, specifically my sisters in Him. We NEED that fellowship. It is one of the many many many beautiful things about our salvation. Enjoy those women!

10 years ago @ #SheReadsTruth - one lawgiver and judge · 0 replies · +7 points

I was most challenged by Colossians 4:6... "Let your speech always be gracious..." We just spent yesterday talking about grace, the LIMITLESS supply of grace available through our gracious God. And then I read this verse and it seems impossible for me to ALWAYS be gracious.. Why is it so hard for me to be gracious in my speech (and elsewhere) when I have been shown so much grace? Another reminder that I am not God or anywhere close to it. Thankful that our judge is a God of grace, rather than sinful and critical humans like myself.

10 years ago @ #SheReadsTruth - He gives more grace · 0 replies · +1 points

THANK YOU for getting this song stuck in my head. Exactly what I needed. :)

10 years ago @ #SheReadsTruth - passions at war · 0 replies · +2 points

Oh my goodness... did I write this?!! I can soooooooo relate! It has blindsided me in the past few years how downright ugly I can get with jealousy in friendships. And, as a single 26-year-old, I've been surprised at the jealousy I feel toward my married friends... not because they have husbands, but because of the friendship bond they have with other married women that I just don't have. I still am of course grateful for my friends, which makes the jealousy even harder because these are women I don't want to feel this way toward... I love them! But I know for sure that these feelings have at times affected the way I treat them outwardly, too. Oh, how much grace I need!

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