GALATIANS 5:4

GALATIANS 5:4

Two paths… Path 1: the way of grace, humility, faith, gratitude, Spirit empowered obedience, and following Jesus. Path 2: the way of works, pride, law, self focus, and self-motivated earning.   Path 2 may give you results. May make you feel good about yourself but it won’t save you. Path 1 may feel difficult and […]

LUKE 7:47

LUKE 7:47

This passage is a hard one for me to read because I often find myself in Simon’s sandals. He righteously looks down on this woman for her sinful reputation. And here she is embarrassing herself in Simon’s house, wiping Jesus’s feet with her hair and tears while kissing him and anointing his head. Awkward. And yet […]

JEREMIAH 31:34

JEREMIAH 31:34

I read in Jeremiah 31-33 this afternoon. Since I woke up late I didn’t get it done in the morning. Instead I read on my phone while rocking our 3 month old to sleep in the baby carrier. Normally I would have just checked out social media for that 30 minutes. Since I knew I […]