The plan for the initial content of this blog, God willing, is for me to eventually put it into a book about trusting God. I have eight chapters outlined. So far I have written an introduction with some basic Christian doctrine. I’ve given some examples of what trusting God looks like and explained why we can’t trust God on our own power (we need the Holy Spirit to help us). That brings me to chapter three, where I want to spend a little time considering God’s trustworthiness and who he is.
Read moreOnly a Part of the Picture
That previous story about me as a little kid, trying to walk on water, blaming my inability to do so on my lack of faith is funny, but unfortunately, I held onto some wrong ideas about God, long after, the result of which led to some tremendous pain. I don’t want to tell this next story- but I will, because out of the pain came something beautiful.
Read moreAbove the Waves
Here’s where you’re going to find out what a strange child I was. Keep in mind, I was a church kid- and if you were a church kid too, don’t even try and tell me you never did this. I won’t believe you. I tried to walk on water.
Read moreTrinity
When I refer to the names Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I’m talking about a God, who eternally exists in three distinct persons. They are each fully and equally God, in eternal community with each other. I say they are persons, but I’m not saying they are human beings. I only mean that they are not impersonal forces. Each member of the Trinity thinks, acts, feels, speaks, and relates. They all share the attributes of being eternal, of being all knowing, all-powerful, and present everywhere.
Read moreBy His Spirit, We Can Trust
photo credit: Pixabay- cropped, words added
In chapter one, I wrote about what trusting God looks like, and about the foundation of that trust, which is a faith in the gospel of what Jesus has done for us. I talked about why even the ability and the desire to believe in the gospel is gift from the Holy Spirit. We can’t muster that up on our own. Once we accept those gifts and decide to live in relationship with God, trusting and loving him, he sees us as holy, as part of his family. That’s what it means to be a Christian. And we are changed when that happens, with new desires.
Read moreA Beginning of Trust
The beginning is actually much earlier than where I’m going to start, but if you were to ask me where this journey of trusting God in my life started, I would begin with a story about a move my new husband and I made, when we decided to go to school in Moscow Idaho.
Read more9 of the Best Books on Trusting God
Here are nine of the best books that I've recently read as I've been researching the topic of trusting God. There's one more book, that should go without saying, the ultimate authority and resource on trusting God, which actually brings this list to ten- the Holy Bible. It stands alone in a category above all others. Here are a few more
Foundation: Gospel
Gospel simply means good news. The good news is Christ. Believing in what Christ Jesus did for us is the foundation of everything I will be writing about on this blog. It’s the foundation of my life. We can put our trust in Christ because of what he did for us. He is our hope.
Read moreWhy Not Trust in One’s Self?
“The one who trusts in himself, in his own richness or ideologies is destined for unhappiness. The one who trusts in the Lord, on the other hand, bears fruit even of time of drought.” Pope Francis
Pope Francis was referring to Jeremiah 17:7-8, which says.
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit. Jeremiah 17:7-8 (ESV)
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