by skimhenson | Aug 18, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard, People
“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.” Jacob M. Braude When I couldn’t get myself straightened out, I tried changing others. When I couldn’t change me for them, I tried changing them...
by skimhenson | Aug 17, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard, People
“God’s love isn’t based on me. It’s simply placed on me. And it’s the place from which I should live … loved.” Lysa TerKeurst, Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely If us okay seekers and people pleasers lived by this quote,...
by skimhenson | Aug 16, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard, People
“Love isn’t complicated. People are.” Unknown When friends put on social media “it’s complicated” as their relationship status, I think redundant. No one needs to point out the obvious. Relationships are complicated – mine, yours, and theirs. ...
by skimhenson | Aug 12, 2021 | Coming Back to Life, On The Other Side of Trying Hard
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” John 3:3 Just like we make a million right choices if we really want to live right, we also have to die a million deaths. There’s no way to have a good life while...
by skimhenson | Aug 11, 2021 | Coming Back to Life, On The Other Side of Trying Hard
“I have set before you life and death, blessings and cursing: Therefore choose life.” paraphrased from Deuteronomy 30:19 Choosing never stops. We don’t get up one morning, choose well, and set that choice in motion forever. It’s a daily thing. This reality...