Have you ever been really mad, and words start flowing out of your mouth that just aren’t like you? I have! I’ve thought, “Where did that come from?!?” knowing full well it was a deeper matter than just what was going on at the… Continue Reading “What’s Love NOT to Do (Part 2)–Mouth (and Heart) Matters”
Category: MeaningTags: 1 Corinthians 13, Abundance, Admire, Allow, Approve, Arrogance, Bellows, Boast, Brag, Discern, Excess, Filling, Heart, Ignite, Inflated, Love, Mental, Mouth, Overflow, Praise, Pride, Psychological, Results, Satisfaction, Self, Swell Up, The LORD, True Love, What God Prefers, Words Overflow from Heart
I used to envy teachers. Not only did they get to write on a chalkboard or markerboard, but they got to correct papers (how naive was I?!?)! I’d see corrections in red on a paper or test and think they were beautiful…as long as… Continue Reading “Is it Okay, if I Love My Red Pen?”
Category: KidsTags: Attitude, Better, Conversation, Corrections, Critical Spirit, Criticism, Destructive, Discerning Spirit, Encourage, Gentleness, Goal, Growing, Heart, Humility, Instructive, Jesus Christ, Joined, Love, Mouth, Patience, Pride, Red Pen, Respond, Right, Spirit of God, Standard, Task, Teaching, Treasure, Unity, Value, What We Are Equipped For, Words, Work
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”
Category: LifeTags: 1 Chronicles, Absorb, Acknowledge God, Actions, Against the Lord, Balanced, Be Ready, Be Ready to Move, Bend in Submission to God, Bend Your Knees, Block Your Way, Bumps, Clings to God, Conceal It, Consider Others, Continually, Cover of Darkness, Cross, Desire, Disobedience, Display Their Sin, Don't Lean, Don't Let Go, Don't Turn Toward the Cover of Darkness, Don't Turn Toward the Dry Valley, Downhill Skiing, Dry Valley, Empty Pride, Establish It, Evil, Exalt God, Exodus, Facial Expressions, Falling Over, Fell, Focus Your Sight, Get Out of the Way of Others, Glorious Presence, God's Righteousness, God's Will, Heart, Hill, Hold, Hold on Tight, Humility, Important, In Front of You, In Line with God's Ways, Jerusalem, Judah, Keep Moving, Keep Your Eyes Focused, Kingdom of God, Know God, Let God, LORD, Make the Path Level, Matthew, Move, Move Toward the LORD, Obedience, Overwhelming, Parallel, Paths, Philippians, Pleasantness of God, Pray, Pray about Everything, Prepare a Habitation for Him, Proverbs, Psalm, Reach Your Destination, Ready, Rebel, Recognize Him, Remember, Removing Obstacles, Rope, Salvation, Seek, Seek the Lord, Seek the Lord's Presence, Seek the Lord's Strength, Selfish Ambition, Side by Side, Skiing, Skis, Smooth, Sodom, Song, Soul, Speech, Spiritually, Straight, Strength, Stumbled, Supports Me, Testifies, Tow Rope, Toward, Trust in the Lord, Trying Not to Forget, Turn Away from Evil, Understanding, Upright, Work of Your Hands, YHWH, Your Ways May Be Established
I couldn’t hold it in. I was overflowing inside from celebration, pride, excitement, praise…every positive emotion you can imagine! I felt like my heart was going to explode; so, I shared our good news with a group of believers: our daughter had accepted Jesus… Continue Reading “How Do We Respond to Good News?”
Category: LifeTags: Abundance of Honor, Accept, Accept as Truth, Accepted Jesus as Savior, Angel of the LORD, Angry, Athlete, Believers, Blessings of God, Brag about God, Brag about God's Abilities, Brag about God's Achievements, Brag Profusely, Bright Eyes, Celebrating, Change, Change in Someone's Heart, Character, Child of God, Close Ourselves Off, Cold Water, Construct, Convince, Crave More, Craves, Craving, Criticism, Deception, Deep in Someone's Heart, Desires, Desperate Need, Develop One's View about God, Disappointed, Ears, Emotions, Encourage, Encourage One Another, Excited, Excitement, Exerting, Eyes, Faint, Fear, Fulfill Physical Needs, Fulfilling, Give Honor, God was Present, God Working in One's Life, God Working through Them, God's Character, God's Hand of Provision, God's Kingdom, Good News, Hear, Hears, Heart, Idea, Impact, Impacts Others, Influence, Influential, Inspire, Inspired, Interactions, Jealousy, Jesus, Joy, Judge, Judges, Judgment, Lack of Reply, Light, Lives, Look, Luminary, Manoah, Messenger, Mind, Opportunity, Overwhelmed, Physical Body, Pleasant to Someone's Ears, Positive Affect, Positive Emotion, Positively Affect People, Power of God's Spirit, Praise, Pride, Proof, Refreshing, Reply, Report, Respond, Response, Root, Satisfaction, Seep in, Sets a Light Off in a Person's Mind, Share Good News, Sharing, Show, Show Christ, Show Jesus, Silence, Someone Believes, Someone Believes is True, Soul, Source of Good News, Spiritual, Teaching, Testimony, Thought, True, Trustworthy, Truth of God's Word, Wanting, Watch a Person of Influence, Weary Soul, Whole Person, Will, Wonderful, Wrestling Inside
Posted on December 21, 2020
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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Has someone done something special for you lately? It may have been small; it may have been sizeable. Whatever it was, did you feel the desire to offer something back? Maybe someone opened the door for you, and you offered them a verbal “Thank… Continue Reading “Wonder–Worth Celebrating”
Category: God's WordTags: Angel of the LORD, Appreciation, Awe-Inspiring, Beauty, Celebrate, Celebrating, Celebration, Character, Connection, Created Uniquely, Creator, Decorated, Designed, Excitement, Exciting, Family, Focus, Gift, Give Attention, Give Thanks, Goat, God's Character, God's Son, Head, Heart, His Purpose, Hospitality, Humanity, Icing, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Man, Manoah, Manoah's Wife, Meat, Messenger, Molds, Offering, Praise, Prepare, Prepare a Meal, Recognize Him, Saved, Share, Sugar Cookies, Together, Truths, Valued Guests, Wise Men, Woman, Wonder
