by Kirstin Ricketts | Feb 4, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
Participating with God is the “us” life. It’s when I choose to leave myself at the door and approach each situation asking, “God, how are we going to do this?” or “What are we going to say?” It’s seeing myself so connected to God that my whole being becomes His...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 31, 2019 | Faith Matters, Featured, Popular, Recommended, The Blog
This summer, my sister and her family visited Ark Encounter, a life-sized reconstruction of Noah’s Ark. As I watched their videos of this gigantic structure, it hit my soul more than ever: people certainly must have thought Noah had lost his mind! In my...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 30, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
For a long time, my follow of God looked like this: 1) Feel like God may be pulling at my heart 2) Consider it 3) Line up a solution to every possible thing that could go wrong 4) Ensure that every part of the “nudge” is foolproof 5) Follow I thought I was...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 28, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
How would my relationship with God change if I sincerely believed in my heart of hearts that in all things He is good, kind, and loves me? Believing that is true allows me to trust Him and frees me to walk on solid footing. It is the cornerstone of my faith. I cannot...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 25, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
My son Henry wouldn’t eat his yogurt yesterday because it was grape flavor and not strawberry. Oh, grocery store, why do you do this to me? If we want two different flavors, we will purchase two packages. When I was his age strawberry was paired with peach. Ugh, I...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 23, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
For years I lived not understanding prayer. At all. My prayers felt like I was tossing a paper airplane into the air only to have it flip around and hit me back in the face. I missed decades of a deeper and more honest relationship with God because I didn’t have a...