A Child Abuse Survivor’s Thoughts on Mother’s Day

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you.” – Isaiah 49:15 (NKJV) Hello, everyone. Today, I’m posting this on both of my blogs, The Oasis Blog and the God’s Love For Women Blog, because today’s topic concerns …

The Lessons I’ve Learned from Spiritual Warfare

"Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded." -- James 4:7-8 (NKJV) Hello, everyone. Sorry I haven't done a blog post in a while. One of the main reasons why is because the spiritual warfare has …

Our Captain’s Command Decisions

“Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, ‘Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.’... "So, when He heard that he was …

Christianese Platitudes About God’s Timing are VERY Hurtful, and They Need to STOP. Here’s Why.

“I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all!" -- Job 16:2 (NKJV) Many Christians take comfort in common Christianese sayings, but I rarely find much comfort in them, because I do believe that so often, they're just a bunch of tired old sayings evangelicals say to badly hurting people to shut them up. And …

When Worship Becomes a Stumbling Block

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” – Matthew 11:28-30 (NKJV) “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe …

A Crucial Test of Character

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for …

The Litmus Test of Parental Love

“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” – John 15:13 (NKJV) Just as narcissistic people all over the world lie and pretend to love their romantic partners, but in reality, they NEVER loved them AT ALL, there are also a lot of parents who will claim …

Trust in the Lord and not in Yourself/The Torture of OCD and the Empathy of Jesus

2 Corinthians 5:7: For we walk by faith, not by sight. (NKJV) As someone who lives paycheck to paycheck, I've never been able to be a prepper. I'm only able to keep a roof over my head and meet my basic needs one month at a time. And I must confess that I've had times over the years when I've …

Worm Theology, Offenses, and the Gospel

"Then He said to the disciples, 'It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.'" -- Luke 17:1-2 (NKJV) I never will forget …

The Ultimate Irony

"Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; do not fret—it only causes harm. For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. for yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; indeed, you will look carefully for his place, but it shall be no more. But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the …