Discovery of Life In The Strangest Place!

By: Molly February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 SHEPHERDING LIKE CHRISTabundant life, Bethel Music, God loves prodigals!, Jesus Christ, LOSS, Run to the roar!, surrender, There Is A Name, victory, womenwithdestiny.blog

For if you choose self-sacrifice, giving up your lives for my glory, you will embark on a discovery of more and more of true life. But if you choose to keep your lives for yourselves, you will lose what you try to keep. Luke 9:24 TPT For the longest time I did NOT understand this…

Fishing With Jesus

By: Molly December 3, 2018December 10, 2018 CRISSCROSSING GRACECasting Crowns, comeback, failure, Jentezen Franklin, One Awkward Moment, outcast, second chances

Simon Peter announced, “I’m going fishing.” John 21: 3 This is one of my favorite stories in the Bible. I suppose because it’s not so much about fishing, as it is about about the recommissioning of a man who had really blown it—and I mean big time! This is a story about Peter, the guy who…

Kindness Is Compassionate Acceptance

By: Molly October 17, 2018 CRISSCROSSING GRACEacceptance, Casting Crowns, compassionate, Jesus, kindness, Nobody, riffraff, Someone Priceless, The Church, TheUnQuo, William Cory Stanley

Maybe our finest hours or greatest moments are not meant to be well known, but subtle, seemingly unnoticed acts of kindness felt by the souls we touch. —William Cory Stanley What do I mean by compassionate acceptance? Well, let’s begin by examining each word first. Google says COMPASSIONATE means: feeling or showing sympathy and concern for…

Crisscrossing Grace

By: Molly October 5, 2018December 10, 2018 CRISSCROSSING GRACECory Asbury, crisscrossing, Grace, intersecting, Isn't He (This Jesus), Jesus Christ, Natalie Grant, reckless love

I kept crisscrossing God’s grace for years without recognizing it for what it was. I didn’t believe God cared. I believed in bootstrapping effort. I believed in coincidental circumstances. I believed in a world where abandonment and rejection was the rule not the exception. But a God of loving grace? I couldn’t relate to the…

Trashed To Treasured – Here Be Lions

By: Molly August 28, 2018December 10, 2018 CRISSCROSSING GRACEHere Be Lions, HOPE, I Belong To You, new beginningLeave a Comment

“It’s not victory that makes a man. It’s his defeats.” ― Pierce Brown I see rays of brilliance in Mr. Brown’s writing. And he’s right, sometimes our life gets trashed! Unfortunately, while there are grains of truth in what he writes, there is a vast difference between standing on bedrock and standing on shifting sand.…

Victory and Confidence Comes From Him Alone

By: Molly April 28, 2018September 7, 2018 CONFIDENT FAITH & HOPEconfidence, God, God Alone, never give up, Psalm 62, victory

I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken. Psalm 62:1-2 NLT “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” ― Barry Finlay, Kilimanjaro and Beyond Where does victory come from? When the climb…

The Dreamer

By: Molly April 11, 2016March 31, 2019 JOURNEY TO HABAKKUK'S VINEYARD, LAMENTS: Keepin' It REALdream, dreamer, GRIEF, LOSS

Dear Child of Mine ~ I see you there, All burdened down with weight and care. I see your tears as you clutch it so, Your precious dream that died… (I know.) I understand the hopes you held, The longing wish that all would meld. I know it seems “too late” to dream, As though…

Hi, I’m Molly!

I love words. And stories! Especially stories about overcoming. Stories about HOPE. I believe hope is the one thing (after Jesus) that none of us can live without! So I write. Stories that I pray will bring hope to anyone who is struggling. If that’s you? I want you to know one thing today. I…

Songs In The Night

…Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night Job 35:10 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6 “The LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all who…

HOPE In All Circumstances

I waited and waited and waited some more, patiently, knowing God would come through for me. Then, at last, he bent down and listened to my cry. He stooped down to lift me out of danger from the desolate pit I was in, out of the muddy mess I had fallen into. Now he’s lifted…

Revelation On Three Strands

By: Molly April 24, 2019April 2, 2019

SHEPHERDING LIKE CHRISTChris Tomlin, gospel, Grace, Is He Worthy?, love, Romans 8: 31-36, The Church

The revelation of truth can only come through love. —Brian Simmons, I Hear His Whisper I really thought I had written my last post on this series. Then, suddenly, the Holy Spirit whispered something again, that He first whispered to me many years ago, “When you lose your love—you lose your way.” Just as suddenly,…

Finish Line of Light and Mercy

By: Molly April 17, 2019March 31, 2019

SHEPHERDING LIKE CHRISTCorey Voss & Madison Street Worship, gospel, hypocrisy, salvation, Shane & Shane, truth, We've Won

So the wicked hate the Light and try to hide from it, for their lives are fully exposed in the Light. But those who love the truth will come out into the Light and welcome its exposure, for the Light will reveal that their fruitful works were produced by God.” John 3: 20-21 TPT When…

Prisoners Of Hope

By: Molly April 10, 2019April 2, 2019

SHEPHERDING LIKE CHRISTargument, Bethel Music, contemporary praise, Don Moen, Eliza Edmunds Hewitt, Hillsong, hymns, I AM THEY, Integrity Music, message of hope, My Faith Has Found A Resting Place

Come to the place of safety, all you prisoners, for there is yet hope! I promise right now, I will repay you two mercies for each of your woes! Zechariah 9:12 TLB I love the newer praise music. Even though I am of an older generation, there is something so refreshing (and hopeful!) about these…

Speaking of Heart-to-Heart

By: Molly April 3, 2019April 1, 2019

SHEPHERDING LIKE CHRISTAmanda Cook, Garden of Eden, heart-to-heart, House On A Hill, Kingdom, The Father's love, treasure

“… God is speaking. Not God spoke, but God is speaking. He is by His nature continuously articulate. He fills the world with His speaking Voice.” — A. W. Tozer, God Still Speaks I have “heard” God speaking to me, but only twice in what I perceived to be an “out loud Voice.” (That I…

Castles In The Air

By: Molly March 27, 2019March 27, 2019

SHEPHERDING LIKE CHRISTawakening, Book of Jude, God Would You Forgive Us, Here Be Lions, repentance

“To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.”— Richard Whately “The Gospel is not an old, old story, freshly told. It is a fire in the Spirit, fed by the flame of Immortal Love; and woe unto us, if, through our negligence to stir up the Gift of God which is within…

Bluffed Into Silence?

By: Molly March 20, 2019

SHEPHERDING LIKE CHRISTbullies, Ezekiel 34, Light To You, Michael W Smith, sheep, shepherds, wolves

… Don’t be bluffed into silence or insincerity by the threats of religious bullies. Luke 12 Msg. This post is for everyone who has endured, or is now enduring, the ugliness of religious bullies. Your Shepherd is the very essence of tenderness. He expects, no He demands, that His earthly “shepherds” follow His example. If…

Fearless Generosity

By: Molly March 13, 2019March 9, 2019

SHEPHERDING LIKE CHRISTA Modern Day Samaritan, Dr. Charles Stanley, Hillsong Worship, outcasts, So Will I

“God is the shaper of your heart. God does not display his work in abstract terms. He prefers the concrete, and this means that at the end of your life one of three things will happen to your heart: it will grow hard, it will be broken, or it will be tender. Nobody escapes.” —Ravi…

Clarity Vs. Mediocrity

By: Molly March 6, 2019March 4, 2019

SHEPHERDING LIKE CHRISTAsh Wednesday, awakening, God Would You Forgive Us, Here Be Lions, Laodicea, mediocrity, vision

There is a subtle war going on in many churches today; a war between clarity and mediocrity. The great sadness is, that often, we don’t see what we have become. Doesn’t Proverbs warn us, “Where there is no vision, the people perish?” To illustrate what I mean… Let’s take a look at a conversation that…

Shalom Solitude

By: Molly February 26, 2019

SHEPHERDING LIKE CHRISTCorey Voss & Madison Street Worship, Found Your Love, His presence, rest, solitude

There was such a swirl of activity around Jesus, with so many people coming and going, that they were unable to even eat a meal. So Jesus said to his disciples, “Come, let’s take a break and find a secluded place where you can rest a while.” They slipped away and left by sailboat for…

Fruitfulness: The Essential Dove

By: Molly February 20, 2019

SHEPHERDING LIKE CHRISTfruitfulness, HOLY SPIRIT, Holy Spirit Power, I AM THEY, passionmovement.com, Resting Place (To The Cross), The Gospel

“I am the sprouting vine and you’re my branches. As you live in union with me as your source, fruitfulness will stream from within you—but when you live separated from me you are powerless.” John 15: 5 TPT I did a lot of crashing and burning before I learned, AND BELIEVED, how essential the Holy…