Light is most precious in the dark. What otherwise would be a cause of fear in the dark, like a pretty fluttering butterfly, could easily be seen in the light as not something to be afraid of. A nuisance like a fly would be hard to catch in the dark but would be easier to trap with a…
Author: Karen E. Young
Sharing the journey of fumbling my way to pleasing Jesus as His follower, as a wife, mother, businesswoman/ entrepreneur, cook/baker, employer, writer, occasional singer, lifelong learner, and aspiring dancer.
You’re Blessed! (Beatitudes, The Message Translation)
This is today’s YouVersion Verse that goes out simultaneously to over one hundred million YouVersion App users around the world: This was one of the verses I encountered when I had the specific question of “Should I keep this blog open?” around this same time last year during our church fast (http://atomic-temporary-30301605.wpcomstaging.com/2015/01/08/why-reveal-sad-things/). In the same…
Love App Free Download
Do you have to like people to love them? Do they have to be lovable for you to love them? Do they have to be “valuable” (in the world’s eyes) for you to love them? If Jesus were asked that question and if He said yes to each one, He would have allowed us to…
Wrenching Worldly Wants is Whopping Work
Lord, this is such a radical, high calling. Help me work it into my life because on my own, I can’t do it. These are like default settings that naturally appeal to the self. Only You and Your almighty power can help enable me to cling to You so closely that I can see and…
Strip Search
“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23-24 NIV Am I loving You unconditionally? Do I see Your infinite love for me shown by Your redeeming me with an outstretched…
The Greatest of These Is Love
“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have…
Something New You Can Count On This New Year!
Nothing so obvious may have changed from yesterday to today. “Do you not see it? Do you not perceive it?” Translations of Isa. 43:19 ask of the new thing God is doing. Sometimes I don’t. But blindness or denseness or perception doesn’t change truth. God is in the business of making things new. He is…
God’s Word Encouragement Against Fear
Is there something causing you to be afraid? Paraphrases of “Fear Not,” “Do Not Be Afraid” are one of the most common commands in the Bible. God knows we are not naturally courageous. YouVersion Verse of the Day December 28, 2015 is an encouragement: The phrase “I AM…” is repeated in the verse… “I AM ……
You’re Not on Chapter 42 Yet
The verse from the previous post reminded me of what my friend, Betta, shared with me earlier this month when we had an unplanned bonding time. One of the things she mentioned was that Job went through much trial yet God blessed him more in the end of his life than in the beginning when he…
Gut Laughter is a Precious Reward
Yesterday, I had the wonderful pleasure of having guests who enjoyed each other’s company so much that from the other side of the wall, I could hear utterly delicious laughter. It reminded me of my own siblings’ reunions when we didn’t have a care in the world, when any trials any of us experienced were…
BUTTERFLY IN THE SPRING 