Earth is a beautiful but broken place, and it’s hard to accept this fact and know what to do with it. It’s hard to see brokenness painted on an earth-sized canvas and detailed in the eyes of every man, woman, and child. Hope and sorrow are always mingled in this world, a tandem pairing in … Continue reading Loved Back To Life
The beauty of redemption is that we get to walk out of the darkness that has bound us, chained us, blinded us…and step in to the marvelous light of Jesus Christ. Having faith in His death, burial, and resurrection as restitution for our sinful souls allows us to be reborn, restored, regenerated. His light is … Continue reading Into His Marvelous Light (Redemption Part 2)
“Prone to wander, Lord I feel it…” Prone to lostness. Prone to confusion. Prone to wrongdoing. Prone to delusion. Prone to sin. Lord, I feel it. My sin is a darkness and a heavy sleep that I don’t want to leave because it's comfortable. I hear Him calling me, asking me to come near, but … Continue reading Called Out of Darkness (Redemption Part 1)
A question that is always on my mind is how to reconcile my faith in God with all the evil that happens in the world. We all ask these questions, because we all see the pain and hear about the shootings and death and poverty and wow. So much. Too much to handle. It's not … Continue reading Turn Your Face to God in Prayer (When the World is Too Much To Handle)
2017 was a year of undoing. It was a year of doubting everything I’d known, everything I’d been taught, everything I’d been told. The American political situation haunted the world stage, and I grappled with the whole thing, as so many of us did. I was brought to confusion and doubt as I listened to … Continue reading Why 2018 is The Year for Spiritual Rebuilding
Ruth Marie Paterson 