“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” -Matthew 6:21 Have you ever worked on an arts and crafts project with a young child? When little children are left to create on their own they are often unconcerned with the final product. Think of finger paint, glitter and glue! While teachersContinue reading “Summer Comfort: Playfulness”
Category Archives: Comfort
Comfort for your Body: Self-Care (Luke 5:16)
“ Meanwhile, Jesus would slip away to deserted places and pray.” -Luke 5:16 “Go home.” I looked up at my boss, startled by his sharp tone. Leaning against the jam, he pushed his head through the cracked opening in my office door. “Go home. Read a book. I think you need a break.” A millionContinue reading “Comfort for your Body: Self-Care (Luke 5:16)”
Comfort for your Body: Aging (Matthew 6:25)
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?” -Matthew 6:25 As I age it seems life’s complications and difficulties increase exponentially. Things aren’t gettingContinue reading “Comfort for your Body: Aging (Matthew 6:25)”
Comfort for your Body: Chronic Pain (John 1:14)
“And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 After the birth of my oldest son, in my early 30’s, I was diagnosed with hypothyroid disease. My fatigue had gotten quite overwhelming, but IContinue reading “Comfort for your Body: Chronic Pain (John 1:14)”
Comfort for your Body: Listening to your body (Psalm 56:8)
“You have kept count of my tossings;put my tears in your bottle.Are they not in your record?” -Psalm 56:8 Our bodies have often been seen as something separate from our true selves or our spiritual being. But, in fact, we are created with bodies by God. And our bodies, instead of being separate from, oftenContinue reading “Comfort for your Body: Listening to your body (Psalm 56:8)”
Comfort for your Body: If/Then (2 Corinthians 4:7-8)
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair . . .” 2 Corinthians 4:7-8 Recently on my son’s 18th birthday I unconsciously backed out of aContinue reading “Comfort for your Body: If/Then (2 Corinthians 4:7-8)”
Comfort for your Body: In God’s Image (And it’s good) (Genesis 2:7)
“Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” -Genesis 2:7 “Women are promised they can manage the chaos ruling their life by following a laid-out plan…this mass consumerism is a vehicle for harnessing everything thatContinue reading “Comfort for your Body: In God’s Image (And it’s good) (Genesis 2:7)”
A Blessing (Matthew 6:25-37)
Our lives and our problems will continue to unfold in this beautiful progression we call time. In the gospel of Matthew these words of Jesus are retold and written as prose. I’ve taken the liberty to turn them into a more poetic format. May the words of Jesus offer you comfort today. “Therefore IContinue reading “A Blessing (Matthew 6:25-37)”
Time for Comfort: Making Peace (Jeremiah 29:11)
“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.” -Jeremiah 29:11 I have spent so much time and energy in planning mode: rewriting to do lists, juggling calendar requests, running from one event to the next.Continue reading “Time for Comfort: Making Peace (Jeremiah 29:11)”
Time for Comfort: Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow (James 4:14)
“Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring.” -James 4:14 “Anticipation is half the realization,” my grandma once told me when I inquired why she was so opposed to surprises. My maternal grandmother was a wonderful and warm woman. A hard worker and prayer warrior, I don’t think she knew a stranger! WhileContinue reading “Time for Comfort: Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow (James 4:14)”
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