Crystal Manget
The Big Pause
What makes you “give a big pause”? What if I told you there’s a word that appears in the Bible seventy-four times, would it give you pause? I recently started looking for a decorative something to hang on my wall in my kitchen. I was thinking a word maybe two from scripture. Went to Etsy…
The Mighty Mouth
There are times I cringe at the words that come out of my mouth. You too? Why is it when we try so hard, we end up cringing? Psalm 34:1-3 I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let…
Disaster
When faced with a trial (storm), how do you handle it? Think of the recent storms and all the evidence you have seen, now picture it was you in all that mess. How would you handle it? Cry and give up? Step up and start the work? Give God some credit? I recently went to…
Mirror Mirror
Who do you mirror in your daily life? Let’s face it, we mirror what we were taught in our families growing up. We may try not to be the whoever wounded us, but there are moments that they jump out of our bodies onto another person. My mother was a master manipulator. Cold shoulder and…
Anxiety that leads to Rejoice
I am facing surgery on Tuesday (tomorrow) for my neck. I found out last week I would be having surgery. It is amazing what the mind thinks when anxiety flares… I started a poem…”If I meet Jesus Tuesday…” Not sure I can finish it, but I started it to work out some of the anxiety…
The writer in me
Have you ever desired to say something and you didn’t have all the words to do it? Writing became a passion of mine several years ago, actually back in High School I started writing but some unkind people made me stop writing. I started writing to express all the thoughts roaming in my head in…
Words & Conversations to ourselves and others…
Our words carry weight. They can help build a wall so others cannot get in, as well as tear down that wall. Ephesians 4:29 “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”…
Suicide Awareness
Have ever thought about what makes a person commit suicide? September is suicide awareness month, so I’m late in writing, I am open about my suicide attempts. As a hormonal teen I found myself bullied and unable to cope with what they said to me. I felt I had no one to talk to. Before…
Prodigal Son (again)
Prodigal son teaching returns to me again. Our community group studied it for a while, then our pastor preached on it, my Monday night Bible study has a section on it right now, then at Faithwalk the first night had a devotional on it. Last night my husband and I were watching something about fame…