Entries by Thistlebend Admin

When We Are Scorned

Thistlebend Quiet eMoment by Laurie Aker Focus Scripture: Luke 10:1-12 ESV 1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are […]

The Grumpy Bug

by Susan Sampson Some days he just shows up without warning. We can wake up happy and have a great morning; And then he is there; and it feels like it’s storming. The Grumpy Bug is back; he has come to steal our joy. He silently creeps in to carry out his ploy. What exactly […]

Pride vs. God’s Love

by Angie Thomas I am so weak.  Seriously, so very, very weak and so easily distracted and derailed from walking in a manner worthy of the calling we have received, as Paul urges us in Ephesians 4.  In a recent Seeds of Spring lecture, Laurie provided a list of things that can pull at us […]