Do you pray for other Christians in your life, your church, your family, your circle of friends? Personal relationships are a very difficult thing at times throughout our lives. They can be great sources of encouragement and happiness as well as sources of discouragement, hurt, and bitterness.

The World hated Him so of course the World will hate us. Don’t be surprised. But be found in Christ.

I think of the human heart as a room. That room needs to be cleaned out just like a closet or house does. It gets dusty and dirty from all the sadness, the pain, the hurt, the feelings and emotions, the failures, the ugly thoughts, and the disappointments of life all around us every moment.

This happened to me just the other day. The struggle of who I am in the spirit and the flesh was so strong. I was out of a walk, crying out my woes before God.

How many of you still live in the very town or area you were born and raised in? This is a gift for sure. My family has moved many times. Due to my husband’s work I still move quite a bit, about every five or so years.

I think a lot about fairy tales. I love them. The prince always swoops in and saves the day. The princess falls madly in love and they marry and live happily ever after. One version of Sleeping Beauty I read and really enjoyed was the prince turned out to be the son of the witch who cast the spell on Sleeping Beauty.

We are able to walk into that beautiful, incredibly intimidating throne room, right up to the great chair, where sits a pulsating Holy Light that is so powerful that no human can look upon it and live, and say, “Dad, I have a problem, can you help me?” He bends down and says, “Tell me child, I am listening”.