by Carolyn Pereira | Jan 19, 2023 | Grace and Strength, Intimacy, Relationship with God
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 Carolyn Pereira | Sep 9, 2022 | Relationship with God
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...
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 | Dec 2, 2021 | Relationship with God, Seasonal Reflections, Self Care
Spiritual Burnout can be especially bad around the Holidays, and you may not even know you have it! Entering the holidays almost always fills us with a mutual sense of excitement and dread. Excitement at the thought of having some time off and enjoying all the sparkly...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Mar 18, 2020 | Discernment, Quiet and Listening to God, When life is Hard
What are we supposed to think when God is silent? If He truly loved us wouldn’t He speak? We are seeking desperately for answers, for encouragement, for consolation… and yet we are met with quiet. Why? Did I do something wrong? Does He not love me? Does He not care?...
