WHAT TO EXPECT ON THE THISTLEBEND BLOOM BLOG
Bloom! is a personal look into a few women’s lives as they participate in Thistlebend studies and follow the Lord as He tills their hearts. May you be encouraged as you experience the tilling, the Lord is doing in your own heart!
Be Not Far From Me
Family conflict is horrible. When the strain and awkwardness runs on for years you began to pray, “Is this ever going to end, Lord? I try and follow you, and it just seems no reconciliation is happening. I thought you would answer my prayers by now?” But He doesn’t. He hasn’t allowed me to see […]
Under My Makeup
Who am I under my makeup? Am I someone who’s afraid to be seen Or am I a daughter of the King? Who am I under my makeup? Am I someone who’s afraid to be real? Or have I been marked by the Holy Spirit’s seal? Who am I under my makeup? Am I someone […]
Wanting Purpose
Have you ever felt like you just haven’t done much with your life? Have you ever prayed, “God am I ever going to be more than what I am now?” I have been in a struggle with these two thoughts all week long. I know, I know, I just blogged about giving my dreams and […]
Letting Go of Shame
Recently, I found myself filling out an employment application – the first one I had filled out in many years. I’ve worked inside my home for many years. In fact, the life I lived before my husband and children is a life I don’t think about very often. It feels like a different person lived […]
No Condemnation
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 8:1). If I really allow myself to sit and think about the past few weeks and the way I have been acting it is very easy to feel like a complete failure. My quiet times have been slim to none and […]
Love Never Fails
Love is a choice; it’s not a feeling. Love chooses the gentle and quiet spirit over the screaming. Love is an action; it is a verb. Love never chooses the selfish way; instead, love follows God’s Word. The Lord says that love is patient and kind. Love never says, “Hey, that’s mine!” Love is slow […]
A Light to My Path
For the past several weeks, we have had a bizarre electrical problem that involves just a few outlets – and our master bedroom closet. Because the closet has a window, we can see during the day. But when it’s early or the light of day has faded, we have to use a flashlight to see. […]
Cut Those Heart Strings
I need to remind myself every single day that what the Lord commands of us He enables us to do and provides all that we need. I can so easily get into performance mode, but that is not the gospel. In Deuteronomy 10 beginning in verse 12 it says, “And now Israel, what does the […]
Writer’s Block and Tested Hearts
Sitting down to write this post has been extremely challenging for me. I have sat down time after time to begin writing it or to finish writing it yet somehow the words just wouldn’t come together. As crazy as it sounds, it has been truly impossible for me to put my thoughts down on the […]