by Laura Naiser | Apr 18, 2016 | Depression/Anxiety/Fear, God's Character and Kingdom, Relating With God and Other People, Resources, Resources for Abundant Living
When my youngest son, Justin, was about 5, we bought him an Indiana Jones action figure set. He loved it and played with it all the time. But, one day I noticed he hadn’t played with it in a while. In fact, he had tried to hide it. When I asked him about it, he hemmed...
by Laura Naiser | Apr 11, 2016 | God's Character and Kingdom, Relating With God and Other People, Relationships
I recently spoke at an event about how we can love God and one another at all times, even the hard times, if we love with God’s agape love. And that brought up the question: If love “always protects, always trusts, always, hopes, and always...
by Laura Naiser | Oct 26, 2015 | Holidays, Resources for Abundant Living
Friday I spent the day sewing (badly) a costume for my son. He was helping out at our church’s Masquerade Bash and wanted a non-scary but cool costume. He loves Lord of the Rings and so he wanted to be Faramir, Captain of Gondor’s Ithilien Rangers. As I sewed (and...
by Laura Naiser | Oct 26, 2014 | Relating With God and Other People, Relationships, Resources for Abundant Living
What if comparing ourselves with others didn’t have to lead to beating ourselves up, feeling inadequate, and despairing of ever being good enough? I wrestle with feelings of inadequacy and can quickly become paralyzed by a sense of coming up short when I compare...
by Laura Naiser | Sep 21, 2014 | God's Character and Kingdom, Impacting Our World, Inspiration, Relating With God and Other People
This past week I chewed some more on one of the ideas from the Living Proof Live event: There is no stasis in our relationship with God. We either move forward toward him and his will for us or we move away. Reflecting on my life, I recognize the reality of this...
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