by Janie Giebelhaus | Jul 21, 2023 | Forgiveness, Freedom
“I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.” C.S. Lewis The last few years have been plagued by health troubles, some of which I’ve caused myself: I fell down...
by Janie Giebelhaus | Aug 12, 2022 | Forgiveness
Why can’t I forgive him? A few months ago, I scrambled in bitterness over a seemingly ‘small’ wrong-doing. I usually could forgive easily. Why was this case different? I realized that I normally try to understand the wrong-doer’s original pain, and...
by Shay Mason | Jul 12, 2021 | Forgiveness, God's Comfort, God's Love
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. — Proverbs 4:23 Have you ever felt stuck—desperate to experience God’s touch but not able to see a way forward? I’ve been there. In the midst of chronic pain and anxiety, I wanted to know that God...
by Love Inside Out | May 26, 2021 | Forgiveness, God's Comfort, God's Love
By: Erica Baldwin “Read the broken window one!” we’d ask Mom as she settled us into bed. Published in 1957, the family devotional book Little Visits with God featured simple stories with popular, decade-appropriate names like Dick, Dorothy and Sally. My brother and I...
by Shay Mason | Jan 7, 2021 | Forgiveness
The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. — Abraham Lincoln An image I saw yesterday is seared...
by Shay Mason | Oct 26, 2020 | Forgiveness, God's Love
The brown pelican and I have had a chequered relationship. I’m not really a fan of these large water birds, and I was surprised to learn that they are common in my newly adopted state of North Carolina. What’s to dislike about pelicans? For most people, probably...
