The Countercultural Times

    MODESTY, WHY BOTHER?   Of late, I was thinking about how inconvenient it can be to dress modestly.  I mean, it's 10x harder to find modest clothes than the everyday fashions at Goodwill or at any other store, & in the summer, modest clothes can be just plain hot, sweaty & annoying!        But during today's supper conversation, I was reminded of the impact & importance my wardrobe has.  But this time, not just its the impact on other brothers in Christ, but how it will one day affect my SISTERS in Christ, too!!!      MODESTY, WHY BOTHER?   Of late, I was thinking about how inconvenient it can be to dress modestly.  I mean, it's 10x harder to find modest clothes than the everyday fashions at Goodwill or at any other store, & in the summer, modest clothes can be just plain hot, sweaty & annoying!        But during today's supper conversation, I was reminded of t...

It's interesting how many things we take for granted, then when it's taken away: we hang on in our lack of trust, forgetting about how trustworthy our King is.  Psalms 4:5    Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. Psalms 118:8   It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. Proverbs 3:5    Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding... In this post, I am answering three things: 1-How this week has affected me personally;     2-What I have been learning in my personal walk with Christ as a result; and   3-How I think what I’ve learned will apply to my life in the future.    #1 : How has this week affected me personally? I was on my way home from a conference in Florida (Monday) during the first day of the 2015 summer internship with Created Equal, so I drove out to Columbus that evening, missing the first day. ...

   Growing up, I never saw much use for Valentine's Day. Of course if you're married, and your husband brought you some flowers --- great! But for everybody else, I could see no use for the day.  This is what I didn't know!

Earlier this year God used part of a bible study of Galatians to show me some things in my life that weren't quite right, & recently I have been drawn back again to study this wonderful letter from Paul.  I hope I don't bore you & this gives you something to think about, but pray someone will be blessed with what God has been showing me!                                                                     Galatians Chapter 1. So Paul is writing to the Galatians. He describes himself (that he was sent by Jesus Christ and God the father). He goes on to give his typical greeting of grace and peace, praise the Lord a little and give God th...