by Kirstena | Dec 7, 2023 | Blog, Healing Thoughts, Throwback Thursday
originally written in 2009 for All Saints Church As I lay by the pool enjoying the Florida sun I listened to the squeaky giggles of a tiny child. The laughter floated on the breeze circling each of us lying by the pool and embraced us in a joyful hug. All of us... 
by Kirstena | Nov 30, 2023 | Blog, Healing Thoughts, Throwback Thursday
originally written in 2009 for All Saints Church Acts 16:22The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. 23After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was... 
by Kirstena | Sep 28, 2023 | Blog, Throwback Thursday
Originally written in 2009 On the CBS show, Numbers, Dr. Charlie Epps holds up a fishbowl of water. He asks the class what they see when they looked at the fishbowl. They respond, “Nothing, but water.” Placing the fishbowl down, he reaches his hand into the bottom... 
by Kirstena | Sep 21, 2023 | Blog, Throwback Thursday
Originally written in 2009 Backslider, is one of those words that people whisper instead of speaking in a normal tone of voice. As if the word is too terrible to mention in the company of proper Christians. I hate to tell you, but we’ve all probably been a... 
by Kirstena | Sep 14, 2023 | Blog, Throwback Thursday
Originally written in 2009 Joshua 2:10 (MSG) We heard how God dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt… God’s reputation preceded him in Jericho. When Joshua sent two spies to check out Jericho, a prostitute named Rahab said, “We heard how... 
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...