Entries Tagged as 'Trust'
Have you every tried to get God to do something? To give an answer or to take some action? Come on, sure you have. I know I have. I think we do this a lot more than we think we do. Perhaps unconsciously, but nevertheless, we try. We search the Bible for how to get [...]
Tags: accept and love · act · answer · fear · Forcing God · rituals · Trust
As we begin a new year, many folks take time to pray and ask God for a “word” for the year, for His directions. I know that I do. And this is always a good thing to do. But I have sensed some cautions. The first is in the asking for that word or direction. [...]
Tags: ask next question · deceived · desperate · force God · God's directions · God's opinion · God's timing · love · love sacrificially · manipulated · misled · promises · relationship · saying yes · Trust · word from God
Our walk with God is like a road trip: periods of silence, enjoying being together
Tags: change · comfortable with silence · directions · enjoying being together · love · road trip · silence · Trust
Life is a process. That is pretty obvious but much in life are also processes. There certainly are events in one’s life: birth, marriage, joining God’s family, death. But living isn’t one event after another. And for most of us, that is the challenge. We have grown accustom to instant. Instant/text messages, email, cell phones, [...]
Tags: character · fathering · friend process · Friendship · instant · life is a process · Maturity · mentoring · Patience · Process · relationship · salvation · stuggles · Trust
I was reading another blog, “To Trust or Not to Trust” and it has got me to thinking. The author’s premise was that we should only trust God and no one else. Love them, yes, trust them no. I think I understand where they are coming from but I take issue with it. The first [...]
Tags: Aslan · betrayal · complete trust · continuum of trust · Distrust · forgiveness · levels of trust · love · Narnia · relationship · safe · Trust