Joy & Freedom

Guest post by Elyshia Geldenhuys I tilted my head towards the afternoon sky, the sun warming my face, the cool breeze quieting everything to a still. My son nestled into the carrier wrapped around me, his eyes beginning to slowly close as I talked to him. I rounded a corner, and my words started to turn…

Hello everyone! I haven’t been on my blog very much lately because I’ve been working on another project (you’ll hear more about that soon). In the meantime, take a look at this post I wrote for my friend Brianna’s “Releasing To God” series on her blog. Thank-you for including me in this series, Brianna!

These days it seems that the way we get to know each other, or stay in touch with each other is often through our social media accounts. Even when we have a closer personal relationship with someone we often communicate through text or email. We realize that deeper connection requires actual face to face conversation…

Who am I really? How do I know who, and what, I’m supposed to be? That’s a question that each of us has to answer, and one that we wrestle with throughout our lives as we grow and situations change. In high school we took a survey, answered a whole list of questions, and it…

I used to believe in Jesus. In my house while I was growing up it was just a given. Jesus was the Son of God, He died on the cross, and rose from the dead in 3 days. I didn’t question any of the stories I was told from the Bible. I believed that those…

The Bible is full of stories of people who were filled with the Holy Spirit and performed amazing works for the Lord. As believers this is our desire and our goal as well. But how do we open our hearts to the power of the Holy Spirit and allow him to move freely within and…

I recently had the opportunity to speak at the Mother Daughter Brunch at my church. These are the thoughts I shared about bees. Bees aren’t really beautiful like butterflies, or sweet like ladybugs. We aren’t usually very happy to be landed on by a bee. And for those of us who aren’t bees, the stinger…

Grace is glorious! And sometimes mysterious or elusive. Have you experienced the gift of grace? Honestly it can be difficult to see grace in this world sometimes. In our busy, hurried lives filled with distractions from every side, where do we find grace? And how do we hold onto it? Grace, by definition, can’t be…

Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. Hebrews 10:23 This was the verse that the Lord laid on my heart for 2023. I didn’t know what was in store for me, but He obviously did. My year started out, as they all…

Let every heart…prepare Him room. It’s such a familiar phrase. When we are expecting guests, we prepare for them. We clean up the house, we shop for food and drinks to share, we decorate for the occasion. We want everything to look, and be perfect for their arrival. Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think…