In the parables, Jesus of Nazareth taught many lessons. The wisdom he gives us is timeless and certain to help us find happiness, joy, peace, purpose, and fulfillment. We look for fulfillment and meaning on a daily basis in the lives we lead. We search for peace and restoration when the events of life are difficult. Jesus teachings give us everything we need to know in order to gain and maintain a steadfast, ever-present calm in the storms of life. In Truly Well and Joyful: What the Parables Promise, all of Jesus parables are presented and discussed. Taken as a whole, the parables tell us all we need to know in order to live truly well and joyful lives. They also teach us how to overcome grief, how to live in the holy present moment, how to find joy in service to others, how to find peace in responsibility, how to live, love, and create more fully. This book will be a timeless resource that you can refer to again and again to refresh and strengthen yourself through the truest words ever spoken: the parables.
Many of us have moments when we feel truly bleak. We are living in the winter of our souls. Spring seems like it will never come. But spring does come, and it will give way to summer, which will be followed by a rich, delicious harvest. Life is about overcoming adversities and creating opportunities. God graces us with comfort to overcome and courage to create. Devotions from Hope is a collection of devotions, prayers, thoughts, and insights that will help you find peace, healing, and hope in this world through the rediscovery of a true and lasting connection to God. No storm can overcome me when my soul resides in Christ. The winds cannot push me. The rains cannot dampen me. I live in his sweet calm. Starting today, let us make ourselves stronger, brighter, wiser, healthier. Let us do the work to reach the goal. Starting today.
Poems for This Time is second in a series, with Poems for Your Brave Heart, of poetry addressing contemporary times and issues. Poems for This Time follows the journey of a mountain stream as it becomes a mighty river, traveling through the Beginning, Lessons, Seasons, Journey, Momentum, and Rebecoming. The mountain stream is our guide as it becomes its greatest Self, a mighty river. We, like the stream, are living a series of moments beautifully woven together to become a glorious whole. Some moments are times of new beginnings. Some moments are learning times. Some moments are grieving times and some are rejoicing times. Some are ordinary times for rest. We find our truth in some times. We remedy disappointments in some of our times. We receive healing and we find perfection and highest love in yet others of our times. We cannot live a life without encountering journey, and, as we encounter journey, we become our truest Self.
The poems in this volume are poems for your brave heart, little seeds of spirit that will hopefully speak to your strength and beauty and help you reconnect to the timeless love you and we all are. It is in stillness that we find our true soul, our real strength, and our lasting happiness. Poetry can give us stillness. Poems can be sweet and lovely. Poems can shake us deeply. Poems can speak what must be said. To take a moment with a poem, we experience the holiness of this divine creation. We encounter the beautiful, the painful, the timid, and the tall. We are not our physical circumstances. We are not the death of our loved one, for we will see them again one day. We are not poverty, lack, hate, or injustice. We are not illness or accident. We are not sorrow or desperation. We are not mistakes. But we must overcome these things from time to time. We must regain hope. To sit with a poem and to let the reading of the poem fill a quiet moment helps us see that we are eternal spirits of promise, love, kindness, and holiness. We all truly matter. We are timeless and limitless beings, and we connect with this in our quiet, still center. We are the seed of God placed here in creation to do good things. To connect with our capacity to create good and to know we are completely loved by our Creator is where peace comes from. To keep moving forward is a testament to our true nature. This book is dedicated to the brave heart we each have.
In the parables, Jesus of Nazareth taught many lessons. The wisdom he gives us is timeless and certain to help us find happiness, joy, peace, purpose, and fulfillment. We look for fulfillment and meaning on a daily basis in the lives we lead. We search for peace and restoration when the events of life are difficult. Jesus teachings give us everything we need to know in order to gain and maintain a steadfast, ever-present calm in the storms of life. In Truly Well and Joyful: What the Parables Promise, all of Jesus parables are presented and discussed. Taken as a whole, the parables tell us all we need to know in order to live truly well and joyful lives. They also teach us how to overcome grief, how to live in the holy present moment, how to find joy in service to others, how to find peace in responsibility, how to live, love, and create more fully. This book will be a timeless resource that you can refer to again and again to refresh and strengthen yourself through the truest words ever spoken: the parables.
The poems in this volume are poems for your brave heart, little seeds of spirit that will hopefully speak to your strength and beauty and help you reconnect to the timeless love you and we all are. It is in stillness that we find our true soul, our real strength, and our lasting happiness. Poetry can give us stillness. Poems can be sweet and lovely. Poems can shake us deeply. Poems can speak what must be said. To take a moment with a poem, we experience the holiness of this divine creation. We encounter the beautiful, the painful, the timid, and the tall. We are not our physical circumstances. We are not the death of our loved one, for we will see them again one day. We are not poverty, lack, hate, or injustice. We are not illness or accident. We are not sorrow or desperation. We are not mistakes. But we must overcome these things from time to time. We must regain hope. To sit with a poem and to let the reading of the poem fill a quiet moment helps us see that we are eternal spirits of promise, love, kindness, and holiness. We all truly matter. We are timeless and limitless beings, and we connect with this in our quiet, still center. We are the seed of God placed here in creation to do good things. To connect with our capacity to create good and to know we are completely loved by our Creator is where peace comes from. To keep moving forward is a testament to our true nature. This book is dedicated to the brave heart we each have.
Poems for This Time is second in a series, with Poems for Your Brave Heart, of poetry addressing contemporary times and issues. Poems for This Time follows the journey of a mountain stream as it becomes a mighty river, traveling through the Beginning, Lessons, Seasons, Journey, Momentum, and Rebecoming. The mountain stream is our guide as it becomes its greatest Self, a mighty river. We, like the stream, are living a series of moments beautifully woven together to become a glorious whole. Some moments are times of new beginnings. Some moments are learning times. Some moments are grieving times and some are rejoicing times. Some are ordinary times for rest. We find our truth in some times. We remedy disappointments in some of our times. We receive healing and we find perfection and highest love in yet others of our times. We cannot live a life without encountering journey, and, as we encounter journey, we become our truest Self.
Many of us have moments when we feel truly bleak. We are living in the winter of our souls. Spring seems like it will never come. But spring does come, and it will give way to summer, which will be followed by a rich, delicious harvest. Life is about overcoming adversities and creating opportunities. God graces us with comfort to overcome and courage to create. Devotions from Hope is a collection of devotions, prayers, thoughts, and insights that will help you find peace, healing, and hope in this world through the rediscovery of a true and lasting connection to God. No storm can overcome me when my soul resides in Christ. The winds cannot push me. The rains cannot dampen me. I live in his sweet calm. Starting today, let us make ourselves stronger, brighter, wiser, healthier. Let us do the work to reach the goal. Starting today.
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