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!
An Affair of the Heart
An affair, you say? No, I would never let that come my way. I love my husband; he’s the only man for me. An affair, you say? No, it would never occur to me. I love my man; my heart wouldn’t look to another. My husband is the best; he’s my friend and my lover. […]
Honoring Parents
“Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you” (Deut. 5:16). Having done In the Garden before, I knew this commandment was coming. I thought, maybe I can […]
Half-Filled Boxes and Grace
A week ago I went to a pot luck of a dear friend whose family was getting ready to move. They host this pot luck every Sunday and this particular Sunday was the last one at their current home. As I’ve mentioned before, I like to have things in order. I really don’t know how […]
A Campaign for Eternity
Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines a campaign as: 1. a connected series of military operations forming a distinct phase of a war 2. a connected series of operations designed to bring about a particular result This is a campaign year. As a country, we are besieged by campaign activity as we move closer to electing a new […]
If You Ever Feel Like a Broken Record
To be completely honest, this blog post is really hard to write, mainly because I feel that I keep saying the same things over and over again. I was about to write about how through the In the Garden study so far I have been so convicted about my love for this world, my love […]
Mercy and Surrender
You know that saying that you want something “so bad you can taste it”? That’s me. I have this propensity to get so caught up in my hopes and dreams that this is all I can see, think about, or want. I often pushed aside my relationship with Christ. Whenever we would talk about laying […]
Completely Calm
Before Jesus saved us it is a biblical truth that we were following the course of the world and the prince of the power of the air (Eph. 2:2). Psalm 1 shows us this truth as well. We walked according to the counsel of the wicked, which then caused us to stand in the way […]
The Fearful World We Live In
Lately with all that has been going on in the news and in our communities I have been finding myself in fear. Not like the fear of what others think, or the kind of fear that comes from disappointing someone you love. I am speaking of fear for my future. This fear feels like it […]
Feel Good Quiet Times?
Sometimes I have those quiet times with the Lord where I just feel like I love Him and I feel close to Him. Everything around me is just beautiful–the sun is rising, the birds are chirping. I woke up on time and I don’t feel rushed and it’s like the Scriptures I’m reading just make […]