by PatriciaHunter | Jun 11, 2013 | for reflection, i am bibledude, PRAY
Louis tells me I think too much. He’s probably right, but I was two months shy of my 41st birthday when my last baby was born. I was a mother with children at home for a long time. This quiet, full-of-peace life I enjoy these days is the first in over thirty...
by Cara Sexton | Jun 10, 2013 | i am bibledude
Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings. –Psalm 17:8 There are days when I plead for Him to come and come soon. When the weight of the whole broken business of life grabs hold and pulls me straight to the bottom, when I’m sure this can’t...
by HeatherWindeler | Jun 9, 2013 | i am bibledude
Lord, I live in pursuit of a little one. One who is pulled at and torn by the world. Selfish motives driven by insecurities and hidden shame stretch out their arms to hide him away. Ripped back and forth, they play this precious child like a pawn. No loving arms to...
by Karen Renee | Jun 8, 2013 | for reflection, i am bibledude, PRAY
How could I, who felt worthless, gain value? Whether it is pride or the self-deprecation (even outright loathing) that often masquerades as humility, anything that is focused primarily on self is going to miss the source. So I found myself in the same trap so many...
by Mindi Jo Furby | May 29, 2013 | authentic christianity, i am bibledude, READ
God calls us to do something. We mess it up. God gives us opportunities. We let them pass us by. God puts us in positions to bless others. We hurt them instead. It’s the story of our lives; it’s the story of humanity. God gives, we tarnish the gift. We repent, He...
by KrisCamealy | May 27, 2013 | i am bibledude
He’s in tears over his propensity to worry. He’s crying over his chicken fingers and I know this is more than the fact that he is admittedly over-tired. These tears come from a deeper place. A fearful place I know too well. He builds fences around himself...