by Melinda Choi | Mar 9, 2025 | Our God Who Pursues (Minor Prophets) |
Jonah, Jonah, Jonah. The God of the universe, the Creator of heaven and earth, the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, one true eternal God gave Jonah very specific instructions to go to Nineveh. And Jonah ran away. Think about that for a minute. It’s quite...
by Melinda Choi | Dec 16, 2024 | Rejoice |
The Nativity of Christ is the most powerful and uniquely heavy scene of humility in all of history. Each Christmas season, our family reads the account of Jesus’ birth. We read of the tension of Joseph and Mary having no place to stay in the inn. We see Jesus coming...
by Melinda Choi | Oct 4, 2024 | Living Faithful in a Faithless Land |
God’s Righteous Jealousy “The Lord your God who is present among you, is a jealous God” (Deuteronomy 6:15) I found that a bit surprising the first time I read it. God can be jealous? Isn’t jealousy bad? For humans, our jealousy indicates that we are discontent with...
by Melinda Choi | Jun 21, 2024 | Grace-Filled Motherhood, Love God Greatly Posts |
By God’s Great Mercy BUT GOD! Right before Ephesians 2:4, Paul tells us that we were dead in our transgressions. We were children of wrath. We had no hope. BUT GOD ”being rich in mercy.” BUT GOD by “his great love with which he loved us.” BUT GOD ”even though we were...
by Melinda Choi | Jun 14, 2024 | Grace-Filled Motherhood, Love God Greatly Posts |
Acknowledging Our Limitations Through Prayer Praying for our children is the most important thing we can do as mothers. The responsibilities and seemingly unending tasks we perform for our children are practical expressions of our love for them. From surrendering our...