by ParticularlyCALLED | Aug 22, 2024 | Calling, Intimacy, Personal Growth
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we had a tool to help us gauge our growth in the area of union with God? Most people seem to believe that they should gauge their closeness with God by how touchy-feely they get about Him, how many spiritual consolations they receive...
by ParticularlyCALLED | May 23, 2024 | Discernment
I hate decision making. I am basically the posterchild for Emily P. Freeman’s target audience. The weight of the responsibility of choice is, and I’m afraid will ever remain, paralyzing to me. My decisions are usually based on a desirable consequence I envision about...
by ParticularlyCALLED | May 11, 2023 | Role of Religion
“I’m sorry” Two simple words with such deep layers of meaning…. and yet we toss them about flippantly, seldomly stopping to contemplate the other side. “I’m sorry”, has become synonymous with “Oops… aren’t I cute anyway? How can you stay...
by ParticularlyCALLED | Jan 19, 2023 | Grace and Strength, Intimacy, Spiritual Growth
Someone very dear to me confessed to me once ‘but I just don’t love God like that! if heaven is all white robes, playing harps and praising God all day, I’m not even sure I want to go there” This may be a trite and imperfect description of...
by ParticularlyCALLED | Sep 9, 2022 | Spiritual Growth
Oh, My God, I love Thee! (the undeniable cry of my heart as long as I have charismatic gifts, my prayers are answered, and the music at Church was moving). Oh yes, the feeling is incredible, the Jesus-high! Higher than any other earthly high. Tears come easy over...