“and he began to teach them, saying: ‘They are blessed who realize their spiritual poverty,for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. They are blessed who grieve, for God will comfort them. They are blessed who are humble, for the whole earth will be theirs. They are blessed who hunger and thirst after justice, for […]
Author: Amy
Heartwork; Day 3.
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If you love the world, the love of the Father is not in you. These are the ways of the world: wanting to please our sinful selves, wanting the sinful things we see, and being too proud of what we have. None of these […]
Heartwork; Day 2.
“This is how we know what real love is: Jesus gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters. Suppose someone has enough to live and sees a brother or sister in need, but does not help. Then God’s love is not living in that person. My children, […]
Heartwork; Day 1.
“I will tell you the kind of fast I want: Free the people you have put in prison unfairly and undo their chains. Free those to whom you are unfair and stop their hard labor. Share your food with the hungry and bring poor, homeless people into your own homes. When you see someone who […]
30 Days of Heartwork.
The church I attend is going into a fast this month and have asked the whole church to join in on it. I can’t exactly give up eating because I am trying to get better in that area, but I will be fasting on other areas the Lord is asking me to fast in. These […]
Adage
But the man who is not afraid to admit everything that he sees to be wrong with himself, and yet recognizes that he may be the object of God’s love precisely because of his shortcomings, can begin to be sincere. His sincerity is based on confidence, not in his own illusions about himself, but in […]
Doors & Pages.
2015 was a year filled with a lot of growth and a heck of a lot of pruning. It was a year filled with so much joy and laughter, as well as so much pain and tears. 2015 was supposed to be my year. It didn’t start of that way. In March, when I began […]
Adage
Think of yourself just as a seed patiently waiting on the earth; waiting to come up a flower in the Gardener’s good time, up into the real world, the real waking. C.S. Lewis // Letters to an American Lady (via h-o-r-n-g-r-y)
Winter Has Come.
December has been quite rough. It was honestly such a month of growth. I overcame several hurdles, which I am so grateful for. The Lord gave me the greatest amount of strength. I honestly couldn’t have gotten over those hurdles if I had’t let Him take care of it. I have seen such transformation within […]
theglasschild: “The greatest remedy in the world is change; and change implies the passing from the old to the new. It is also the only path that leads from the lesser to the greater, from the dream to the reality, from the wish to the heart’s desire fulfilled. It is change that brings us everything […]