God’s Love – Old Things New

Freedom Friday – God is Greater Than all our Storms

September 8, 2017 by Patti 10 Comments

A brand new day is dawning here in South Carolina and the weather forecasters say it will be a beautiful weekend, sunshine and 70’s. But a storm is coming, and we’ve had a state of emergency declared, as Hurricane Irma blows her way toward Florida and then into the southeastern states.

Today my mood is light and, like the weekend forecast, I anticipate a fun weekend ahead with my hubby. Right now the worries over my own life storms seem far, far away . . .

We all have stuff that can weigh us down don’t we? The negative thoughts (real or imagined) that assault our minds, or actual outward circumstances that we can’t control. The good news is:

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Freedom Friday – Jesus Robes Whom He Restores

August 18, 2017 by Patti 30 Comments

I recently spoke with a young woman who felt as if her life choices had disqualified her from God’s help to overcome her circumstances.

All I could say to her was that I didn’t know who the God was that she believed in, but that the God I know is compassionate and loving, and that His son Jesus knows exactly how we feel because He experienced our pain – every single bit of it – when He hung on the cross and sacrificed His life for us.

Her words back to me were, “Please keep telling me that.”

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Freedom Friday – Lavishly Loved by God & Me!

July 7, 2017 by Patti 34 Comments

It was a long night spent tossing and turning. One of those nights where one thinks of every negative thing that has happened, or could happen, or might happen once in a million years, but still, it might happen!

Every once in awhile I have a night like that and when I wake up the next morning the feelings linger. My tired state of mind often leads me down a road of self-doubt. Self-doubt leads me to God-doubt. Not doubting God’s existence, but rather, doubting that there is a whole lot for God to love about a person such as me.

“For Heaven’s sake Patti,” I say to myself, “you are a 61-year-old women – near old as dirt – who should have a bit more confidence in God’s love for you by now.”

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