Posts about Spiritual Health (16)

[As seen in The Christian Post] A Recognizable Story I was 18 when I became a Christian.

As seen in Charisma: Children are a true blessing from God, even on the days we may not feel like it. It is both an honor and a tremendous responsibility to raise a child up in the way he should go.

[As appeared on CharismaMag.com]

What do you want to be when you grow up? [As appeared on BostonHerald.com] As a child and later as a mom, this has been a frequent conversation starter in my home. I personally wanted to be a psychiatrist, but when we started exploring careers in school, I realized it would require a medical focus. I can’t deal with blood, so that dream was quickly dashed.

Some of the hardest times in our lives to trust in God are when our plans get ruined. We have expectations, we have hope, but then everything shifts. “Why God would you do this to me? Did I make a mistake putting my trust in you?”

Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.” Mark 3:20-21 (ESV)

As Christians, we ought to constantly seek greater spiritual growth and maturity in our lives. We want to be able to look back in a year, 5 years, and 10 years from now and count the ways we have grown in our walk with God. We don’t want to remain “infants in Christ” as Paul chides in 1 Corinthians 3.

Did anyone else make the foolish claim 365 days ago, “2020 is my year!”? I had high hopes, and was on the right track in many ways. That is, until March 17.