by Kirstena | Jul 6, 2023 | Blog, Healing Thoughts, Throwback Thursday
Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. Psalm 33:20 Doesn’t it sometimes feel like we are caught in the “waiting game.” We have to wait at the traffic light, wait at the post office, wait in the line at the grocery store, etc. Somedays it’s hard... 
by Kirstena | Jun 29, 2023 | Blog, Healing Thoughts, Throwback Thursday
Ernest Hemingway wrote a story about a Spanish man who put an ad in the paper. The ad read:My son Paco – meet me in the square. All is forgiven – Papa. (paraphrased) Eight hundred men named Paco showed up. Two things become apparent from this story: Paco was a common... 
by Kirstena | May 11, 2023 | Blog, Healing Thoughts, Throwback Thursday
Sometimes there are circumstances in our lives that have been extended over months and years. We have come to our wit’s end and we feel like giving up. However, if we take a look at an example in God’s creation we just might find some encouragement. God created both... 
by Kirstena | Apr 27, 2023 | Blog, Healing Thoughts, Throwback Thursday
originally written for ASHM in December 2008 I must confess that I’ve always been a bit of a nerd. I love to learn and often spend hours pouring over the Bible and looking up words in their original languages. However, over the past year I believe the goal for my... 
by Kirstena | Apr 20, 2023 | Blog, Healing Thoughts, Throwback Thursday
For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.Luke 19:10 I hope you are ready for brutal honesty because that is what I am writing today. One of my pet peeves with the “system” of Christianity is that there seems to be an upspoken... 
by Kirstena | Dec 29, 2022 | Blog, Healing Thoughts, Throwback Thursday
When I first came to the Healing Ministry, over four years ago, I had a skewed perception of God. I was a new Christian and my image of God was seen through the tainted lenses of my prior relationships with men in my life. (i.e. ex-husband, and boyfriends.) I had no...