Patience Young Grasshopper
Galatians 5:22-23 (NLT) But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Four days into this series I’ve discovered...
Praying Like Francis Chan
As I prepared for this writing challenge, I started reviewing the Fruits of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22-23 and started looking for them in my own life. Guess what? I had trouble finding them, at least in the way that “I” would like to see them. The way “I”...Real Life Makeover
Did you ever watch the TV show What Not to Wear? For ten years we watched while guests who wanted to makeover their appearance took all the clothes in their closets to the show hosts, who usually tossed it all. Then they were taught how to shop for clothes and...
Details, Schmetails! Who Cares About the Details?
Galatians 5:22-23 (NLT) But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Have you ever tried to polish a hard object, like a...
Get Ready, It’s Almost Here! 31 Days of Five Minute Friday Free-Writes
Galatians 5:22-23 (NLT) But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! It’s almost October and that means 31 Days of...
Start: What’s the Big Deal?
Why is getting started on anything such a big deal? Anything? Not really. For me it just the bigger, more important things that trip me up. Take this five-minute free write, for example, we’re four days into the week and I’m just getting started. Why?...
Begin Again
This post is part of the Five Minute Friday blog link-up! Each week Kate Motaung provides a one-word writing prompt for participants to free write for five minutes flat and share their work with the online community. This week’s prompt is AGAIN. Timer set – Go…...
Are You Willing to Follow Through?
This post is part of the Five Minute Friday link-up where we write what’s on our hearts in five minutes flat, unedited (hmmm…). The writing prompt this week is WILLING. Philippians 3:13 (NLT) I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize...
He Said I Promise
This post is part of the Five Minute Friday link-up where we write what’s on our heart for five minutes flat, unedited (hmmm…). The writing prompt this week is PROMISE. I’ve been silent for a couple of months. I wrote a piece for each weekly prompt (in...
