by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Jun 1, 2018 | Prayer, Quiet and Listening to God, Relationship with God
My undeniable and unshakable relationship with God is the only thing that gets me through my day. It is the only thing that keeps me going in my current season and in our family’s current state of uncertainty. People call us crazy. No one understands. (If you are...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Feb 9, 2018 | Quiet and Listening to God, Relationship with God, Self Care
As a pregnant mother of four, my days seem to be getting louder and louder with the spaces of quiet growing fewer and farther between…. the prospects of future quiet growing bleaker still. I have never in my life craved quiet more than I do now. At least once a...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Feb 2, 2018 | Discernment, Quiet and Listening to God, Relationship with God
I love listening to God. His voice is so calming, so comforting, so encouraging, so motivating, so surprising. He is quiet, but then, all of a sudden, He speaks. God is always surprising me with little things He says. They are usually short and sweet and come out of...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Jan 26, 2018 | Prayer, Quiet and Listening to God
I have been using a prayer journal since 9th grade. I was never formally introduced to the idea of a prayer journal, it was more like I was encouraged to take notes during morning and evening prayer at the school I attended. I don’t know exactly how it evolved...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Jul 28, 2017 | Personal Growth, Quiet and Listening to God
The other day I was complaining at God about myself. Seems like I do a lot of that… (Read also – Why, God?)) I was complaining that I am insufficient for the job He has been asking me to do. I’m not a patient enough mother, not a good enough...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Feb 13, 2017 | Discernment, Prioritizing your life, Quiet and Listening to God |
Busyness can be a healthy and beautiful thing if we are called to it, but that the moment it takes us away from Christ and the peace he wants to offer us, then our busyness is no longer godly. Is your busyness of God, or distracting you from Him? Martha was just...