I’ve seen and heard the phrase, “Love is love,” a lot. You, probably, have, too. According to the Urban Dictionary, which is a web site where people, via the internet, weigh in on slang words and phrases, “Love is love,” is said to mean:… Continue Reading “LOVE–Am I Responsible for My Sexual Orientation?”
Category: MeaningTags: Abuse, Actions, Approved, Attraction, Bible, Celebrate, Desire, Determination, Earth, Enjoy, Feelings, Female, Gender, Gender Identity, Heart, Heaven, Holy, Homosexuality, King, Kingdom of God, Love, Male, Reward, Scripture, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Sin, Spiritual, Violate
Are you thinking, “Really?!? This, again?!? I’ve read/studied 1 Corinthians 13 so many times and heard sermons galore on love; I don’t need to read your post on it, too! Other things are calling for my time.” Before you exit out of this, please… Continue Reading “Love: The Key Ingredient–Part 2”
Category: MeaningTags: Abide, Actions, Bears, Believes, Brokenness, Continually, Empowered, Endure, Endures, Expectation, Faith, Hope, Listening, Love, Move Toward the LORD, Pray, Read Scripture, Safe Place, Storms of Life, Trust God, Truth, Under God's Authority, Under God's Protection, What God Prefers
Posted on August 14, 2021
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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I’ve been sitting with this for a couple weeks, now, and WOW! The LORD has given me a LOT to experience and observe!! In fact, one example is a statement, which was directly addressed to me! I’ve been known to tell my family and… Continue Reading “What are You Communicating?”
Category: LifeTags: Actions, Actions Display Our Hearts, Anger, Build Up, Change, Communicating, Communication, Control, Conversation, Death, Destructive, Discern, Evil, Foolish, Gossip, Guard, Helpful, Interjecting, Interrupting, Knowledge, Life, Listening, Loved, Offenses, Pleasant to Someone's Ears, Rash, Religion, Silence, Talk, Tongue, Wisdom, Words, Worthless
Early last school year, we saw a man and woman, running side by side together, attached with a tether. I hadn’t seen anything like it! The only thing I’d seen that was somewhat close was those little backpacks littles wear that tether them to… Continue Reading “Tethered to the Holy Spirit”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: Acting out of Raging Anger, Actions, Behavior, Boast, Calling Attention to Ourselves, Difficult times, Disagreements, Division, Emotions, Empty Value, God's Guidance, Hatred, Instruction, Justify Things, Opposer of God, Pain, Perceptions, See Clearly, Seek Self, Senses, Sin, Sinful Nature, Spirit of God, Stinging Response, Thoughts, Walk with God
I love this sweatshirt of my daughter’s! It’s amazing how many compliments she’s received when wearing it! You can see people read it, then re-read it! Their heads kind of tilt to the side, like a dog, when he’s trying to figure out what’s… Continue Reading “Service with Kindness”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: Actions, Change our Minds, Cruelty, Despise, Disobedience, Disrespect, Give Credit Where Credit was Due, God's Character, God's Leading, God's Way, Harsh Tones, Hate, Heart, Jesus Christ, Kindness, Met Physical Needs, Mind, Obedience, Our Way, Patience, Purpose, Purposeful, Repentance, Respect, Restraint, Selfishness, Service, Spirit of God, Spirit-Produced, Useful, Walk in His Ways, Words
Posted on February 22, 2021
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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There were so many things to remember. It was the first time I’d gone downhill skiing. I was a kid and thought it was a good idea to start on the hill with the tow rope! Like anything new, it was a bit overwhelming… Continue Reading “Hold the Line”
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I had no idea what it was. All I saw was brown to my left, felt something powerful hit the driver’s side front of my car, saw a dark shadow right in front of me, and my car came to an immediate stop from… Continue Reading “Wonder–The Additional Offering”
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