Valentine’s Day can stir both joy and ache, especially for women walking through grief, loneliness, or healing. This collection of prayers, Scripture, and encouragement is a reminder that you are deeply seen, fully known, and forever loved by God. May these words draw you close to the steady, faithful love of Christ. These are love…
Written by Joy Forrest, Founder of Called to Peace Ministries The recent devastation in the mountains of North Carolina and East Tennessee has affected me deeply. As a native North Carolinian, it has been especially hard to see places that hold so many treasured memories completely destroyed. I’ve grieved and prayed ever since the news…
God doesn’t stand off from a distance watching as we suffer; He enters the brokenness with us, and when He does, it is life-changing…..Today, my prayer for you is that you will choose to receive the peace He offers in the midst of suffering, and that you will know the beauty of finding Him in the face of great brokenness.
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] In the beginning, God created all things. His goodness, shalom, and loving presence covered all the earth. Relational harmony was the reality with God and within mankind. Beauty and peace reigned while the lion rested with the lamb. All was…
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||”] A look at the life of the real Saint Valentine The real Valentine lived during the early first century. Valentine was a Roman Priest during Emperor Claudius’ reign, who made a ruling forbidding Roman soldiers from getting married. The…
My Advocate in heaven made a way when there seemed to be no way. It was truly as if “He lifted me out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock”
Love ceases to be love when free will is taken out of the equation.
Is God at the core of your thoughts, actions, behaviors, and desires?
I don’t know about you, but all the craziness that’s come in 2020 has tempted me to worry a lot. I keep wondering what I can do to change things, but feel completely powerless to do so. It seems like nothing I could do would make a bit of difference. I’d be completely overwhelmed, except…
In the last 5-10 years I’ve seen this happening not only in individual relationships, but on a societal level. Our nation has become so divided as we automatically assume evil motives on the part of anyone who disagrees with us. On social media people judge and condemn one another for simply having different opinions. Yesterday…