It’s time for my unpopular opinion of the week! I’ll get straight to the point: I really like the new Persuasion adaptation on Netflix. I started watching to break up the monotony of folding tiny human clothes. (Seriously, there are soooo many tiny clothes!) If it was half way decent, Read more…
“I will take you to be My wife forever. I will take you to be My wife in righteousness, justice, love, and compassion.” ~ Hosea 2:19 The first part of this verse is God’s vows for the future (Hosea and his peers’ future, that is). They were fulfilled in Jesus Read more…
“I will take you to be My wife in righteousness, justice…” ~ Hosea 2:19b I thought I was going to finish up Hosea 2:19 today…God had other plans, though. There is a lot to learn about the next vow – justice – and this blog will only scratch the surface. Read more…
“I will take you to be My wife forever. I will take you to be My wife in righteousness…” ~ Hosea 2:19a-20 I’m so excited to start digging into these precious vows that God made to us over 2700 years ago![1] My prayer is that you fall even more in Read more…
“I will take you to be My wife forever. I will take you to be My wife in righteousness, justice, love, and compassion. I will take you to be My wife in faithfulness, and you will know Yahweh.” ~ Hosea 2:19-20 One of my favorite parts of the wedding planning Read more…
“For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.” ~ Hebrews 13:14, NLT Even though stress is a huge factor in wedding planning, it’s a known factor; everyone talks about it. One thing no one ever talks about is the yearning you Read more…
It’s been over a year since I started “The Sleeping Beloved” series, and about nine months since I ended it in September (and over six since I last blogged….goodness time flew by fast!). The past nine months have been the most eventful months of my life. Not only did I Read more…
“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.” ~ Genesis 50:20
And here we are, ending at the beginning. Once more, this post contains spoilers from Disney’s Maleficent – so proceed with care!
Maleficent is no longer the villain we love to fear from the animated classic. Her heart has shed its masks and been drawn to the call of its savior. She has remembered who she used to be, before tragedy struck: a warrior-lover, a battle-maiden intent upon protecting that which she loves…
“And she reveled in the sorrow her curse had brought…”[1]
“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good…” ~ Genesis 50:20
“But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol…” ~ Psalm 49:15
“For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. ~ Romans 5:7-8
(Again, this post contains spoilers of Disney’s 2014 Maleficent.)
In my last post, Maleficent’s wings are brutally taken, but her heart is not yet hardened. That is about to change.
“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.” ~ Genesis 50:20
And here we are, back at the beginning. This was the verse that introduced our very first Sleeping Beloved, and I find it highly appropriate to use it to introduce the last.
It’s been the same question down through the centuries: will your heart awaken to love?…