Category Archives: Christ’s rest

Letters To My 16 Year-Old Self: Beautiful Scars-How the Miss Teen USA Pageant Saved My Life

July 24, 2014Christ's rest, Christian encouragement, Discouraged Christian, Encouragement for Women, Freedom in Christ, Grace, Jesus Christ, Spiritual Encouragement, To Rest in Christ, Trials, Troubles, Uncategorized, Unconditional love, Who I am in ChristChristian encouragement, eating disorder, encouragement in Christ, God's word, spiritual encouragement, Surrender, The CrossT.W. Allgaier

Dear Friends,

I urge you to read this post from a sweet friend and share it….it will help many young ladies from a deceiving disorder….

Letters To My 16 Year-Old Self: Beautiful Scars-How the Miss Teen USA Pageant Saved My Life.

Can I Have this Dance?

July 22, 2014Christ's rest, Christian encouragement, Discouraged Christian, Encouragement for Women, Freedom in Christ, Spiritual Encouragement, Unconditional loveAbba, Christian encouragement, encouragement in Christ, God's peace, time spent with Jesus, who I am in ChristT.W. Allgaier

Can I Have This Dance?

My husband and I love to dance. We have danced since we dated. Of course it was disco then…..and it is disco now when we get a chance to dance! Thankfully, most weddings do include oldies! We actually won contests when we were teens. Our sons may doubt that a bit.

But we even like to dance in the kitchen. A good Pandora station can do wonders for a couple. If anyone saw us they might laugh, my goodness…we laugh at ourselves! But it is so much fun. Such a sweet thing between us.

I had struggled for several years with how much the Father really loved me. How could Jesus Christ love me without condition? I always thought that God only loved me when I obeyed Him. I was completely immersed in legalism. The more I worked, the more He loved me…or so I thought. If I did not do what I “should” He would not love me. Continue reading Can I Have this Dance? →

Love Everyone! Excuse Me?

July 17, 2014Christ's rest, Christian encouragement, Discouraged Christian, Encouragement for Women, Grace, Hope, Jesus Christ, Love of God, Spiritual Encouragement, Surrenderagape love, branches, Christian encouragement, redemption, Rest in Christ, Surrender, The Cross, unlike, vineT.W. Allgaier

Love Everyone!! Excuse Me?

No can do!

True Confession~I do not like everyone I am around. There are a number of reasons, some of which if I shared..you wouldn’t like them either. Dare I say if you told me stories, I wouldn’t like some of the folks around you as well!

But wait a minute, aren’t we suppose to like everyone and even love everyone we come in contact with as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ?
Continue reading Love Everyone! Excuse Me? →