This particular passage in James has touched my heart this morning for its simplicity.  Sometimes I feel as if God is so far away, but this points out that if our movement is towards him, he will also walk closer with us. “And when you draw close to God, God will draw close to you”…

Yesterday and into this morning I realized how overwhelming my pride had become.  Because of my pride, I crushed a girl at work – being frustrated and annoyed when I had spent time on a project that seemed wasted. But I know this pride is result of the selfish ambition I have that puts my…

From last Wednesday to about today I’ve been sick.  Not the type of sick that you can brush off – but the sick that makes it hard to think and function like a human being. The type of sick that made me think of posting a picture of my kleenex box for Thankful Thursday, until…

At work I’ve been tasked with figuring out a new role for myself. It’s been hard because I set one team up and now I’m leaving that team and trying to set another up from scratch. It’s a lonely endeavor, compared to the tight knit (and functional) team I once had. But I think what…

This is the start of a new week, and I can’t help myself but to begrudgingly go into work after a restful and productive weekend. However, I do realize this morning that this day in and day out is one of the biggest signs pointing me to God each week. Even in the struggles of…

I’m thankful mostly for the community group we had last night. We ate, laughed, and talked about the scripture of Galatians. I’m blown away at how God brings a group together to meet each week, and how he knows that a sense of community is difficult to maintain but ultimately good for us. I am…

Today I was reading in my pirated version of the Barclay Commentary and I learned a new word for patience that I thought was interesting: Makrothumia (GSN3115); this is a great word. The writer of First Maccabees (1Macc.8:4) says that it was by makrothumia (GSN3115) that the Romans became masters of the world, and by…

I was reading Galatians 5:16-26 and read an interesting distinction between the “Works of the flesh” and the “Fruit of the Spirit” in my commentary. In short – works of the flesh are plural instead of singular, suggesting that the “fruit of the spirit” is a combination of attributes that are a natural product of…

Today I woke up and I traded my time with God for a Starbucks. I noticed about 5 minutes into my work day that I had already spilled coffee on my shirt, and I was a complete bitch to my coworkers at work. This is just one example of why I should let God have…

I’m thankful for God’s freedom in my life – the fact that I don’t have to do it by myself or for myself.

Last night in bible study, we covered Galatians 5:1-15, in which Paul writes: For freedom Christ has set us free, stand firm therefore and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. In these verses, Paul goes on to describe the law as a yoke of slavery, and contrast this with God’s grace which…

In my relationship with God I find I am often weighing things.  It comes across as a series of questions that I ask myself.  Am I spending enough time in the Scripture?  Am I spending enough time in prayer? As I prepared for work this morning, I read My Utmost for His Highest.  In it…