by laura.hicks | Apr 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Brave. So much meaning in one little word.Webster’s dictionary defines brave as “feeling or showing no fear : not afraid”.There are days I’m sure my picture is right there alongside that definition in the dictionary. Other days, not so much.This morning was one of the...
by laura.hicks | Apr 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Obedience can be tough! I know in my head what God calls me to is what is truly best, but it still doesn’t always make it easy.A couple of years ago, God called me into youth ministry. You want to talk about feeling unqualified. Yikes! I knew there was no way humanly...
by laura.hicks | Mar 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
The crown of thorns doesn’t fit him. It just doesn’t belong. How could they not see? He was and is the one TRUE king.Beaten, bruised and bloody. That was Jesus on that hill at Golgotha. He had been mocked, insulted, and falsely accused.The human flesh he was in had to...
by laura.hicks | Mar 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
In a recent post we talked about how sports are great for helping us learn how to deal with winning as well as losing and doing both with dignity.Wow, God’s timing (or maybe it was His sense of humor) is amazing. It was less than an hour after I finished that piece...
by laura.hicks | Mar 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Why is it whenever we try to work on teaching someone else, we usually end up being the one doing most of the learning?I work with our church’s youth group. It is mostly junior high and high school students. I love it! I really didn’t feel equipped to teach these kids...