Many of my peers participated in Lenten fasts… even though they also came from evangelical or other Protestant denominations.
Just as there’s no way to rush a flower to bloom, we cannot be where we aren’t—we have to go at the pace that feels doable to us.
If you find yourself feeling lonely this Valentine’s Day, don’t beat yourself up. The truth is, we are made for relationship, for companionship, for intimacy.
As followers of the one true King overall, we should seek to honor each other no less, to love each other no less, and to expand God’s dominion and rule no less through all we do in our marriages.
…underneath it all, isn’t that what so many of us long for? Even in the pursuit of our dreams and goals, we long to find that elusive hope. A hope that we matter. That we are of worth.
Bethany
Refresh Devotionals
This month I’m not reading one book but a blend of many . . . in the form of a free, new app called Refresh! There are several things about Refresh that strike me with excitement.
God expects us to be world changers, to live lives that matter, to make someone or something different, ensuring that the world is a better place because we lived here.
By Barry C.
