Special ladies edition: Flesh of My Flesh Hitting my knees with a specific prayer today. I’m laying it all out…it’s part of the “specifics”….but I think most will understand. Well it’s not always pretty and a lot of times gritty, you know the blessings and frustrations of loving that Godly man. Keep a watchful eye..you [...]
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The late John Wooden once said, “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” For those that don’t know, John Wooden was the head basketball coach for UCLA in their heyday in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s. He was a fantastic basketball coach and by all accounts an even better person. [...]
Recently, I read a book entitled Multiple Wounds by Alan Russell. It is a mystery book involving someone who uses alter egos to deal with life. One of the blurbs in the front of the book was this: “Emperor’s clothes…we’re all wearing them. But some of us have piled on more imaginary layers than [...]
Lately, I’ve been thinking about how people view us as Christians. We undoubtedly have access to the most amazing Creator and we’re able to call HIM Father. Every day I am reminded that He makes Himself known in many ways. From Nature to the Word of God – He’s known. In Philippians, Paul writes that [...]
Over the past several months, the Lord has continued to speak to me about identity. I feel like it is a constantly growing problem in the church today. We, as Christians, are so caught up in what others think about us and our identity through the world view that we forget that our identity [...]
Crucible
Posted: April 18, 2011 by canvasrhapsody in Denise, identityTags: codependancy, crucible, faithful, joy, refine, strength, weakness
Lately, I’ve been extremely tired almost all the time. I’ve been tired because I’ve been trying to carry burdens that were not mine to carry. Those of you who know me understand that like many people, I struggle with co-dependency. The result has been undue stress on my body, mind, and spirit. The Holy Spirit kept trying [...]
My Good T-Shirt
Posted: April 1, 2011 by canvasrhapsody in identity, imageTags: belief, image, My Good T-shirt, wear
Yep. I wore a t-shirt to church on Sunday. “Honey, is my good t-shirt clean?” was an inside joke. It was aimed at a young man who had a rather worn looking, but clean, t-shirt on a Wednesday night at church. I, of course, was wearing a tie. This joke stressed how disrespectful it [...]
Identity Crisis
Posted: January 20, 2011 by canvasrhapsody in identityTags: child, Christ, crisis, friend, God, His, identity, plan, puzzle, Who Am I
Recently, I have found myself having several conversations with people about the importance of finding your identity in Christ. I think that this is one of the most important steps on the way to understanding yourself and growing closer to God. Today, I want to discuss a few scriptures that have helped me in this [...]
The Chase
Posted: November 4, 2010 by canvasrhapsody in change, church, hope, identity, imageTags: goal, hope, identity, prize, running, video, women
As promised, here’s another Video submission to our blog. Let me introduce it by saying this is a very special video indeed. It’s called The Chase, and it was used as the primary illustration for the latest Canvas Women’s Retreat held October 29-31st… but that’s not the reason why this video is so special. It’s [...]
What Luke Skywalker Should Have Done
Posted: October 11, 2010 by canvasrhapsody in communication, forgiveness, identity, image, love, My StoryTags: dad, family, forgiveness, healing, heritage, identity, legacy, mom
Between Sunday service and Wednesday nights’ growth track, Nick has covered couple of things that I’ve been dealing with personally in my own life; remembering what God has done for us and our heritage. Having a broken relationship with my parents has been something that has taken up space in my life that is useless [...]
