Category: Growth Process

For the past two decades I have been journaling during my quiet time.  Recently I started to feel like I should go back and review those journals and type out the lessons. There are many things that I have learned over the years that are engrained in my life, they have become part of who I am. There are some lessons, that like the parable of the seed, fell on bad ground.  At the time in my life I was not in a place that those seeds could take root.  I need to be reminded of those so that I can continue to grow.
There are some lesson that I am still learning.  Things I know that God continues to show me time and time again, like the children of Israel because I need them to move forward in my journey.   I need to review them so I can move forward.
These journals are not in order.  I will do my best to date them as they happened, even if they are not typed in that order.  I am hopeful that my journey may help others.  Help others to see:

It is okay to start somewhere.
That God meets us right where we are
He speaks to us in a way that we can understand.
Sometimes it comes in waves and other times in a single sentence.

For me, I grew up in church but never learned about a personal relationship with a heavenly Father that loves me.  I could quote the scriptures and tell the stories, but they were just that words and stories.  I had to start with learning lessons in general.  Grand ideas found in the scripture that were applicable to lives in general.  Then I started to learn how to apply them to my own life.  Now I am able to help others learn to apply the lessons to their life.  If nothing else, I hope that it helps you to grow in faith because for the most part, the person who wrote these journals, is a life transformed.  Below you will find writings from these journals.

Imperfect People

Passage - This is how the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves and submit to their husbands, the way Sarah obeyed Avraham, honoring him as her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not succumb to fear. 1 Peter 3:5-6 Restated... Continue Reading →

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Inward Character

Passage -  Your beauty should not consist in externals such as fancy hairstyles, gold jewelry or what you wear; rather, let it be the inner character of your heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit. In God’s sight this is of great value. 1 Peter 3:3-4 Restated in my own words -... Continue Reading →

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Respect and Purity of Heart

Passage - as they see your respectful and pure behavior. 1 Peter 3:2 Restated in my own words - Your husband will see you be respectful and behave purely. Application to my own life - This is another convicting Scripture that I have allowed at times to condemn me. Respect has always been hard for... Continue Reading →

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My Struggle

Passage - In the same way, wives, submit to your husbands; so that even if some of them do not believe the Word, they will be won over by your conduct, without your saying anything, 1 Peter 3:1 Restated in my own words - Wives submit to your husbands so that in doing so, they... Continue Reading →

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Living Hope

Passage - Praised be God, Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who, in keeping with his great mercy, has caused us, through the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah from the dead, to be born again to a living hope, 1 Peter 1:3 Restated in my own words - Hope is living, for those born... Continue Reading →

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Die to Sin and Live Righteous

Passage - He himself bore our sins in his body on the stake, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness — by his wounds you were healed. 1 Peter 2:24 Restated in my own words - Christ bore our sin in His body on the cross so that we could die to sin and live righteously. We... Continue Reading →

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No Sin or Retaliation

Passage - “He committed no sin, nor was any deceit found on his lips.” When he was insulted, he didn’t retaliate with insults; when he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but handed them over to him who judges justly. 1 Peter 2:22-23 Restated in my own words - Jesus did not commit sin, He did not... Continue Reading →

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Suffering

Passage - Indeed, this is what you were called to; because the Messiah too suffered, on your behalf, leaving an example so that you should follow in his steps. 1 Peter 2:21 Restated in my own words - We were called to endure in suffering because Christ did it for us and we are called... Continue Reading →

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Grace in Punishment

Passage - For it is a grace when someone, because he is mindful of God, bears up under the pain of undeserved punishment. For what credit is there in bearing up under a beating you deserve for doing something wrong? But if you bear up under punishment, even though you have done what is right, God... Continue Reading →

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