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!
Reflections on Jonathan Edwards’ Personal Narrative and Falling in Love Again with Your Lord for Men
by Scott Kaczorowski I thought it would be helpful to provide for you the text of the resolution of Jonathan Edwards that Kevin Aker shared at the Falling in Love Again with Your Lord for Men study. At 19 years old, Edwards wrote: “On January 12, 1723. I made a solemn dedication of myself to […]
Reflections on The Sinfulness of Sin and Falling in Love Again with Your Lord
by Susan Sampson Ralph Venning in 1669 wrote The Sinfulness of Sin. I bought this book in the desire to see my sin more clearly so I can know the love of my Lord more greatly. Listen to how our sin is described: “In short, sin is the dare of God’s justice, the rape of […]
The Cross and the Throne
by Angie Thomas I am sitting here writing this at almost 11 am still in my pajamas. It’s been one of those mornings. It started with waking up at 5:45 out of a dream/nightmare where I was frantically searching for my new baby. In my dream he was several months old and we were with […]
Prayer Answered by Crosses
Introduction by Dottie Ryan Poem by John Newton In a recent Falling in Love Again with Your Lord session, Laurie read a poem to us during her lecture. She thought it might be a blessing for you to have this poem at your fingertips. May your Lord speak to your heart through the words that […]
Feelings Are a Poor Shepherd
by Susan Sampson My feelings are so often my shepherd and I wonder why I’m in want. On page 6 of our homework this past week Laurie wrote, “If I was to renounce everything I would have to even renounce the false impressions of my feelings. Feelings lie, whereas the Bible tells the truth. I […]
The Shepherd
by Dottie Ryan I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. (Psalm 40:1-2) As I sit out on the deck this somewhat warm, humid, […]
Delight Yourself in the Lord
by Scott Kaczorowski It might sound spiritually cliche, but Psalm 37:3-4 has been a passage that the Lord has brought up in my life over and over again: “Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of […]
Observe Who You Serve
Thistlebend Quiet eMoment by Laurie Aker Focus Scripture: Luke 5:17-26 ESV 17 One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick. […]
Do You Ever Feel Paralyzed?
Thistlebend Quiet eMoment by Laurie Aker Focus Scripture: Luke 5:17-26 ESV 17 One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick. […]