Naomi
Jun 29, 20234 min read
How not to be a terrible friend
“And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.” Luke 6:31 [KJV] Friends Growing up, I was as much of a loner as...
Naomi
Jun 15, 20234 min read
Change and an Unchanging God
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the...
Naomi
Jun 1, 20235 min read
Cross-country marathons: running the Christian race
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth...
Naomi
May 18, 20234 min read
Catastrophes, Concerns and Chaos: Feeling overwhelmed.
“Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the...
Naomi
May 4, 20234 min read
Self-esteem and serving God
““And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am...
Naomi
Apr 20, 20234 min read
Learning and living by example
“Let no man despise thy youth, but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in...
Naomi
Apr 7, 20234 min read
Handling conflict with your parents
“Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on...
Naomi
Mar 23, 20234 min read
Rooting out the weeds of bitterness
“Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be...
Naomi
Mar 9, 20234 min read
Hope & the double Ds of depression and discouragement
“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His...
Naomi
Feb 24, 20234 min read
Introvert Christianity
“Blessed be God… Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort...
Naomi
Feb 9, 20233 min read
Lord, teach me to soar like an eagle
“Even the youths shall faint and be weary… But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as...
Naomi
Jan 25, 20234 min read
Lord, help me to be a gum tree
"Blessed is the man…[whose] delight is in the law of the Lord… he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water..." Psalm 1:3
Naomi
Jan 11, 20233 min read
All my friends are marrying... and I'm single
I thought of my friend and her husband. Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone by my side, “for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer...