Am I Really Honest with Myself?
Use honest scales and honest weights, and honest ephah and an honest hin. I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of Egypt. Leviticus 19:36 NIVThis Bible passages is primarily talking about using...
View ArticleI Was Feeling Sad
Frustration is better than laughter for the heart, because a sad face is good for the heart. Ecclesiastes 7:3 NIV BibleI was feeling sad and sorry for myself, every time I've been sitting at my...
View ArticleThe Pant Legs on My PJ's Seemed Too Tight
Each is so close to the next, that no air can pass between. Job 41:16 NIV BibleAlthough this may seem like a strange Bible Passage to include, it's exactly how my P.J. pant legs felt. This tells me...
View ArticleWhat Seemed Like a Good Deal, May Have Come at Too High a Price!
Sell us food to eat and water to drink for their price in silver. Only let us pass through on foot- Deuteronomy 2:28 NIV BibleA younger relative wanted to take me to the newest, biggest grocery store...
View ArticleI Got the Big Potato!
Do not have two differing measures in your house-one large, one small. Deuteronomy 25:14 NIV BibleMy husband and I recently got to-go meals from a place that has large servings. The plan was that we...
View ArticleI Should have been Full, but Still Wanted More!
My mouth is filled with Your praise, declaring Your splendor all day long. Psalm 71:8 NIV BibleI had a nice lunch out with a friend, but I still wanted more. When I should have felt full and...
View ArticleShould I Have All the Food I Want?
Your threshing will continue until grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your land. Leviticus 26.5 NIV BibleSo...
View ArticleI Was Caught Between Sanity and Insanity!
Do not be afraid of them; the Lord your God , Himself will fight for you. Deuteronomy 3:22 NIV BibleRecently, I visited a family member who got sick and was taken to the ER. The situation was so...
View ArticleSecond-Hand Fear
Fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake. Job 4:14 NIV BibleIt was the night after we had gone to visit a family member who was taken to the ER. I had been so afraid that person might...
View ArticleInstead of My Playing God
And and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds, in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7 NIV BibleIt wasn't very long ago that I was praying about a situation....
View ArticleLord, Don't Let Me Slip Through Your Fingers!
The law of their God is in their hearts; [so] their feet don't slip. Psalm 37:31 NIV BibleSince I wrote the previous post about trying to play God, I've had a lot of soul searching to do. I guess I...
View ArticleOver Committed!
The next day, Moses said to the people, "You have committed a great sin. But now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin." Exodus 32:30 NIV BibleAlthough my post doesn't...
View ArticleIt's Not Too Hard for the Lord!
"Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time, next year and Sarah will have a son." Genesis 18:14 NIV BibleThis post has nothing to do with having children. It has to...
View ArticleWho Am I Trying to Impress?
Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ. Galatians 6:12 NIV...
View ArticleI Am With You
I am the Lord, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, so you will no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high. Leviticus 26:13...
View ArticleWhat Am I Hiding From?
Rescue me from my enemies, Lord, for I hide myself in You. Psalm 143:9What am I hiding from? Is it people who look down on me, because I'm not stick skinny, I'm not wealthy and drive an expensive car?...
View ArticleWhat Am I Up To?
Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you & I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of His body, which is the church. Colossians 1:24 NIV...
View ArticleAm I an Example of My Faith?
But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds & I will show you my faith by my deeds." James 2:18 NIV BibleSo, this lets me think deeper into this...
View ArticleLord, Please Protect Me from Myself!
Do not withhold Your mercy from me, Lord; may Your love and faithfulness always protect me. Psalm 40:11 NIV BibleSure, it's easy for me to say to the Lord, protect me from everything that might be a...
View ArticleAm I Helping Others?
Joanna, the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod's household, Susanna, and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means. Luke 8:3 NIV BibleI admire those people who are...
View ArticleThe Overs: Overeating, Overweight, Overcompensating
If you do what is right, [won't] you be accepted? But if you don't do what is right, sin is crouching at your door, it desires to have you, but you must rule over it. Genesis 4:7 NIV BibleAlthough...
View ArticleNot Being Surprised When I Don't Fit In
They are surprised that you don't join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you. 1 Peter 4:4 NIV BibleThere used to be a time that because I was so overweight, I didn't want to...
View ArticleI Was Waiting for the Wrong Things!
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14 NIV BibleIt seems that before the Lord God performed the miracle in my life that allowed an 80+ pound weight loss, and...
View ArticleNot My Plans, but God's Plans
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to [benefit] you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 NIV BibleBoy do I ever make plans. The thing...
View ArticleI'm a Control Freak, Having a Difficult Time Admitting It
Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes His lightning flash? Job 37:15 NIV BibleI don't feel like a Control Freak, but when I look at the evidence the Lord God shows me, I very reluctantly...
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