#EvolutionofaHolyBadAss
“I will both lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me lie down in safety.”Psalms 4:8 NRSVUE I was away briefly this weekend; it’s a blessing to be missed. If this picture isn’t an example of laying down in peace and safety, I’m not certain that I’ve ever seen a …
“For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we may walk in them.”Ephesians 2:10 NRSVUE God created us to do good works.How’s that showing up in your life? I’m challenging myself and you to. Good faith effort to do at least one …
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”James 4:7 NRSVUE Submission is a tricky subject, and I’m not getting into it here. I will say this. God is sovereign.Dassit.Discuss among yourselves. Image may be subject to copyright
“Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth,”Colossians 3:2 NRSVUE It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day. Disciplines calls us to plan and look forward. As Bobby McFerrin reminds us, “no discipline is pleasant at the time, but painful.” It’s time to set our …
“The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.”Psalms 34:18 NRSVUE It’s time for joy!We have been brokenhearted.We have grieved.There have been seasons of sorrow.It’s time for joy!Thanks be to God. Image may be subject to copyright
Grateful for a fellowship so grounded in Christ, history, and justice.Thanks be to God. “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”–Galatians 5:1 Dear friends in Christ, we gather today as an act of remembrance,repentance, and reparation as we celebrate Juneteenth …
“Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.”1 Peter 4:8 NRSVUE “Love covers a multitude of sins.” Our sins may be covered, but love does not excuse them. The Word guides us to maintain love constantly. For me this means ensuring love is primary in all of our …
“O LORD, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, O LORD, you know …
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you. Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, And gather you …
“Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;”I Corinthians 13:4 NKJV Be guided by love, the love of God. I’ve recently learned that loving yourself means handling it over to the Almighty. What is below immediately follows.You’re welcome.Thanks be to God. Image may be …
Chelle A Wilson 
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