by Doris Swift | Oct 16, 2015 | Encouragement for Women
Waiting is hard, isn’t it? Through times of hardship, and through times of the seemingly mundane, God is moving. He tells us be still and know that He is God, and even in the wait, we can trust His plans for us have not stalled out. God knows exactly...
by Doris Swift | Oct 7, 2015 | anxiety, anxious, Encouragement for Women, Overwhelmed
What overwhelms you today? We know God wants us to hang on to hope, but truth is, some days we feel we’re hanging on by a thread. Can you relate? Recently my hubby suffered from a severe back injury. Self-employed means you write yourself a paycheck, which...
by Doris Swift | Oct 1, 2015 | anxious, Encouragement for Women, peace
Who needs this verse today? Raise your hands. So what do we do with all the stuff making us anxious? The verse says be anxious for nothing, but what has nothing meant to us? If you’re wondering what I mean, read on… When have we skewed this word nothing?...
by Doris Swift | Sep 28, 2015 | acceptance, grace, Jesus, shame, testimony
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm...
by Doris Swift | Sep 26, 2015 | anxiety, Overwhelmed
How do we weed out what overwhelms us? Our own coping mechanisms may satisfy for a time, but most wind up causing more stress than good. Like eating an entire pizza (ok, maybe six pieces out of eight). Perhaps for you, it’s eating nothing at all, or snapping...
