Grace Additives Blog
Advent Devotional: Day 1
“For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of scriptures we might have hope.” Romans 15:4 ESV The news comes and the anxiety starts. My mind starts racing and the planner in me starts to panic. I learned early in life if I over…
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Handling Disappointments
Today (Saturday) I find myself very disappointed. Omission of facts is the same a lying in my opinion. Finding out that you have been lied to is a disappointment in itself. It breaks down trust between you and that person. It was a distraction. I am on a Women’s Retreat trying to connect with God.…
My Painful Bible Study
Several years ago, I wrote something that caused a lot of trouble in my life. I felt God prompting me to write a Bible study. I prayed before starting to write, I asked God to show me what to write and what scriptures I needed. When I got to a chapter on gossip, God convicted…
Unexpected Strength
I recently purchased a few bracelets with this phrase on them, “Unexpected Strength”. I also purchased me a t-shirt with it embroidered on it. When it came in yesterday, I was excited about it. But then I could not get the phrase out of my mind. Unexpected Strength. Eleven years ago(death of parents, for those…
New Year, Same Struggle
New Year’s Eve has come and gone. That means it is a New Year. New opportunities. Do you make Resolutions? I used to, but finally stopped because I made the same ones every year. I have struggled with weight loss for a while now. Last year I joined weight watchers and a gym. I was…
OH BOTHER…
In childhood we form an attachment to characters we hear in stories that are read to us. When we go to the movies, we develop a love for some characters more than others. The choices of those characters depend on which we connect with the most. You may connect with a loveable bear or a…
Prayer and Gossip
I love to pray. It is such a comfort to me. When I lost my family, my prayer life deepened. I relied on God instead of my parents. Taking the opportunity to pray never meant much because I had the support of my parents. If I could talk to them, even if I did not…
Stubborn As A Mule
Not even a carrot can move a mule sometimes. It has to be their idea. I am that mule sometimes. I understand that is not a positive thing, but it is true. What about you? Are you stubborn? Maybe you have been called hard-headed. That is not much better that stubborn as a mule, right?…
My Lovely Ladies
At the beginning of the year I joined a women’s bible study. As I signed up, I was apprehensive. My luck with women only Bible studies do not go well. I was spoiled by my old community group women. It was hard to find a group of ladies that measured up. And so with an…
Faith Like Mary’s
We have started the Advent season, the countdown to Christmas. The ever-present question asked each year, how do you make an old story fresh? Not new but fresh. Ask questions. There’s a Christmas song that came out several years ago that asked something very fresh, “Mary, did you know?” Did she know that she kissed…