by Carolyn Pereira | Jul 26, 2022 | Personal Growth, Spiritual Fitness, When life is Hard
The word mortification is a terrifying one. It literally comes from the Latin mortificare that means “to put to death”, specifically, in traditional understanding, “the desires of the flesh”. It was considered essential for salvation back in...
by Carolyn Pereira | Jun 1, 2022 | Grace and Strength, Personal Growth, Relationship with God
I was talking to a friend the other day. “What should I do if I just feel blah about God?”, she asked, “I’m just not growing any more – not motivated, not changing – it’s tempting to just give up on God’s even being real at all. Where is the excitement, the...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Sep 12, 2021 | Self Care, When life is Hard
I recently had the privilege of reading a beautiful new book by my dear friend Sarah Robinson called I love Jesus but I want to Die – Finding Hope in the Darkness of Depression. It was a powerful, beautiful book about the reality and pain of depression and...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Jul 19, 2021 | Spiritual Fitness, When life is Hard
When God wills suffering? How can a good God possibly allow suffering? We pronounce the question with a flourish, smiling smugly on the inside thinking that we’ve finally found ourselves an excuse to doubt Him, or at the very least, justify our bitterness or our...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2020 | Endurance, When life is Hard
“When the burdens of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.” – Psalm 94:19 Most days I feel overwhelmed. There is so much work to do, so many decisions to make, so much wrong with the world, so much drama in my life… not to...
