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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- Accountability with Grace
- Encouraging Others
- Identity In Christ
- Misc
- Pointing others to God
- Prayer
- Relationships
- Shame & Shame-based identity
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…
The Dark Place of Fear
I read of another suicide today. Those headlines only tell part of the story. They tell of the battle lost. They tell that fear won and God’s kingdom has another hole in it. People judge based on the facts they read. Someone who seems to be successful took their life is the fact they read.…
Hope Lost
‘Tis the season for family and friends to gather. We celebrate thanksgiving and then get excited about the holidays. There’s laughter and squabbles intertwined. And most of us are unaware of what is going on in the minds of those around us. Let’s face it, most of us have some dysfunctional relationships within our families…
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is a day to honor your Mom, Mother, Mommy, Momma. It is a day to say thanks for giving me life and I love you. I am not a fan of this day. Not because of my Mother, but because of the focus of being a Mother. For the motherless children, it is…
Woman of Faith
I have been asked how I came to have such a strong faith in God. My answer had always bee “oh my Mom.” Until recently. “But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are…