The Nothing Blog

I'm just going to put it out there. The truth is our flesh craves stuff. Our flesh lusts. Our flesh lies with the promise of a good outcome of our sinful choice. It's a daily battle for Christians to say "no" to sin and "yes" to God.   And from Genesis to Revelation, we read how people easily pervert the word of God and His promises just to fit their moods and passions. Self. Self-centered. Selfish. This always causes pain.  It's the same today, of course. We still fight with our fleshly desires which is why we need a Savior, namely Jesus Christ. And still, in weak moments we don't feel like resisting -- even though we have Holy Spirit power to do so --  and we fall. We want to be accepted and follow the crowd. They say they're God's 'crowd' but they really don't have the fruit that proves it.  Look at the story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11:1-9.   Babel, the 'monumental effort motivated by pride' (ESV commentary). B...

Dear Precious Sisters co-laboring in the trenches, What if our first thoughts each day were not about how we see ourselves with our vain imaginations (not good enough, too broken, too broke, too old, too overweight, too wrinkled, too thin, too depressed, too anxious...or, just a wife, just a mom, just a daughter, just a waitress, just a receptionist, just someone's co-worker, just a volunteer, just a corporate career girl, just a home school mom)...? What if our first thoughts before our feet hit the floor were to thank God we've been saved by His grace and that we are WOMEN WHO FOLLOW JESUS?  What if we transformed and renewed our minds to think biblically about who we are? Let's do it! We can daily learn to put on that highly-honored robe of righteousness and dignity of being WOMEN WHO FOLLOW JESUS. And with with our new mindset we can step out each day with an attitude of gratitude and filled with His mercy and love!  And, we would be on a mission to love God, love peopl...