Let’s Love Well
The following is a blog post I wrote for our church’s website last year. We attend ONEchapel, a fairly recent church plant, lead by Ross Parsley. It is a love-filled, truth-speaking, wonderful congregation made up of over 1,000 imperfect people. If you live in Austin, you should join us! Unless, of course, you’re perfect. I wouldn’t say the honeymoon is over, oh who am I kidding, yes I would. I have this bad habit, and maybe you do too, of putting most people I’ve just met on a pedestal. I tend to believe that the first impression is a complete picture of a...
Read MoreTrust. Real Trust.
When the Lord gave me my One Word at the beginning of the year, I have to admit, I thought I may have heard Him wrong. At least I hoped I did. When I asked the Lord for my word I was anticipating He would give me one that was daring, exciting and maybe even adventurous. Instead, He said “TRUST.” It seemed so common, so obvious. I’ve known the Lord for over seventeen years, hasn’t this relationship always been based on trust? Don’t I already trust you, Lord? I’ve walked through some really difficult things in the past. Could I have made it to the other side of those...
Read MoreWe Are Defined By Christ
“I used to own my own business,” was what I would say every time someone asked what I did for a living. In fact, it took years for me to stop using that as my pat answer. I had fallen for the lie that I was what I did. You know what I mean, don’t you? He’s an accountant, she’s a doctor, he’s a waiter, and so on. This belief wasn’t a problem for me until I wasn’t working outside of the home any longer. When my business closed and I was at home it was as if I had lost my identity. I was no longer a business owner, I was just Lauren who felt an awful lot...
Read MoreThe Purpose of Knowing
“People nowadays take time far more seriously than eternity.” Thomas Kelly I’ve noticed something about myself lately that saddens me. I have been failing to look at things with the all too important eternal perspective. This often happens in my life when we seem to be going through a time of rest. When the bills have all been paid, the family is healthy, and no immediate crisis looms on the horizon, I tend to forget that this world is not my home. I begin to think that something like picking the perfect color of new paint for the bathroom walls is of the utmost...
Read MoreSlavery Still Exists
If you weren’t aware of this horrifying fact, you are now. The video below documents where some slavery takes place today. The issue is huge and overwhelming. I think of how badly I want to help and then convince myself that I can’t. I’m no one with no resources. But I know one day I will. LInk to purchase Lisa Kristine’s...
Read MoreFacing the Inevitable Trials
You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever. Psalm 30:11-12 It brings me so much peace in times of trouble to know that everything that Christians go through in this life has been sifted through the loving hand of God the Father first. When I encounter difficulties whether they be with finances, friends or family I can know that the Lord has given His approval for this situation to occur. His reason is always to draw me nearer to Him and teach me one more...
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