Encouraging Thoughts

Devotional thoughts and observations from one Christian adventurer to another

Adapting to Change: Devotional Thoughts from a Staunch Stick-in-the-Mud

Adapting to Change: Devotional Thoughts from a Staunch Stick-in-the-Mud Everything changes. And I hate that.  It makes it so difficult to plan one’s life, doesn’t it? Hopes, dreams, schemes…might work for the present, but then an unexpected diagnosis or earth-shattering personal discovery throws it all away. And we change. And that’s really hard for this …

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Pouring From a Broken Cup – A Christian Devotional on 2 Corinthians 4:7 for Exhaustion and Depression

“You can’t pour from an empty cup.” I’m sure we’ve all heard this adage. It’s a common phrase meant to remind us that we humans have limits, and that resting can be the most productive thing we can do. It’s practically a cliche, wielded by many self-help gurus to promote self-care, and I personally can’t …

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