Post Theme: Dying to Self Photo Source: pablo.buffer.com I don’t know about you, but I want my faith to be real. I want a faith that magnifies God through my life. We make much ado about Christians whose lives reveal… Read More »Living Faith: Why You Have To Die Before You Can Live
Post Theme: Sources of Hope Last week, I wrote a story about Living Faith, including the importance of taking risks and following through — no matter what happens. But those moments between taking the risk and arriving at the goal can be… Read More »Seven Sources Of Hope When Walking By Faith is Scary
Post Theme: Living Selflessly “They can’t have his eyes!” It was the most selfish thought I’d ever had. I knew it the moment I thought it, but I didn’t care. They couldn’t have his eyes. Dad was gone. We stood… Read More »Living Selflessly in a Selfish World
Post Theme: Finding Balance When You Can’t See What’s Ahead Originally Posted to barrenfieldsfruitfulgardens.com [April 15, 2014] My fingers gripped the steering wheel with a tenacity they had never known before. I was late, but that was the least of… Read More »Out of Sight: Finding Balance When You Can’t See What’s Ahead
Post Theme: How Surrender yields Peace in Disappointment I sat on my bedroom floor, staring at the computer screen and the information I had just received. My head swam. I had thrown my heart and efforts into something so very… Read More »The Peace of Living Open-Handed FORMAT
Post Theme: How Surrender Brings Victory (Book Quote: Winter’s Prey – Page 194 – Click Here to Read More) I’m a firstborn, and as such I seek to please, strive to achieve and live purposefully, always put my heart 200%… Read More »The Victory of Living Open-Handed
“Marc turned back toward the gently flowing waters. The creek was deep and quiet here, its only sound a soft whispering as it cut beneath the grass hanging over its banks. He couldn’t help but think of Psalm twenty-three as… Read More »The Importance of a Quiet Heart
When I first started this blog (originally at barrenfieldsfruitfulgardens.com), it was because authors do that. I thought it was necessary. I saw it as a way to minister to and encourage others, but mostly, I just thought I was supposed… Read More »Fruitful Living: Why I Started this Blog
Post Theme: The Strength Surrender Yields “What are you doing out here, Gray?” Dunn said, stepping up to the stairs and sending a confused look in Ronald Gray’s direction. Gray jumped at the man’s voice. “Boss! You like to scare… Read More »The Strength of Living Open-Handed
Post Theme: The Freedom Surrender Yields At the sound of his voice, a deer sprang from a thicket near the base of the butte. She leaped over the creek and darted across the open fields. Marc watched her go. She… Read More »The Freedom of Living Open-Handed