Entries by Growing in Grace

Chocolate Cake Will Fail You Too

“You’re not going to find happiness in a piece of chocolate cake.”  Ok, I am paraphrasing Laurie from last week’s lecture.  But she did say something about chocolate cake not being able to provide lasting comfort when we are facing tough situations. Is that really true?!  I thought chocolate solved pretty much all problems. Of […]

Your Best Friend

I recently had coffee with a very dear friend.  I’m in a season of weariness, both physically and emotionally, so I haven’t been looking forward to many things,   but I did look forward to spending time with this particular friend because I knew that I would truly enjoy our visit.  I knew that I could […]

Before Whom Do I Kneel?

One of the things I love about Thistlebend studies is the emphasis on taking God’s Word to heart.  We do this by choosing a verse from our daily study that stands out to us, and then, each week, we choose one verse from the daily verses we have selected.  This verse becomes our “Taking the […]