Love Christ

  Man, has God been working recently! It’s so amazing to see God move in my life and in others! Here’s a question that’s been on my mind recently - Am I recognizing God's presence and thanking him for the answered prayers in my life? I sometimes question the strength of my relationship with God. I think this is because I am comparing my relationship with God to what He is doing in other people’s lives. I start to ask God why it seems he is working and blessing for some and for others they are in constant struggle. This causes me to go down the rabbit trail of doubt. It’s hard not to compare myself with other people, but I find the people I compare myself to the most to are the people who are very vocal about the good things God is doing. I even compare my faith to "Social Media Faith". What you see is not always what is real.   When I start to compare myself to what God is doing for other people, I find it helpful to make a list of all my prayers. At the end of the wee...

       The past two parts in this series have been focused on making sure that we are shining our light. Have you ever considered that we have the same impact on other people? We need to make sure that we aren’t blowing out other people’s light because of jealousy, anger, or anything else. God has really been putting gossip on my heart recently. I feel like there is such a strong need for people to know what is going on and to know everything about everyone all the time. This can be really harmful, not only to us and our hearts, but to those who we are around. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to be the person constantly “spilling the tea”. (code for gossip) I know first hand how gossip can affect people. You can lose friendships through it and it is even harder to bounce back from it.  Why do we like gossip? I think that it makes us feel in control . Sometimes it doesn’t even matter if what we are saying is true or if it’s harmful, we are just so will...