by Bonnie Dorough | Oct 13, 2014 | Knowing God
Dear Friend, For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. – 1Peter 3:18a NIV While righteousness brings us close to God, looking at our mistakes...
by Bonnie Dorough | Oct 7, 2014 | Fear, Worry & Anxiety
Years ago, I stumbled upon a song that I quickly fell in love with – “Oceans” by Hillsong. I would close my eyes and sing the lyrics day after day until one day, I actually listened to what I was professing. “Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders. Let...
by Bonnie Dorough | Oct 7, 2014 | Knowing God
Have you ever felt small? Smaller than small? Has God ever laid a dream on your heart and you thought, “Yah right!” Or, “That sounds too big for me, maybe someone else can do that, but not me.” Or maybe you just didn’t want that responsibility? Many people in the...
by Bonnie Dorough | Sep 9, 2014 | Fear, Worry & Anxiety
Dear Friend, My Starbucks name was Lisa. Why? Because I got tired of hearing the myriad of imaginative ways people could mess up my name. The idea to use a fake food name actually started when I was a freshman in college. My meal plan allowed me to get meals at...
by Bonnie Dorough | Sep 9, 2014 | Difficult Times
About three years ago, I lost my son. I had entered my third trimester of pregnancy with Ian, when I found out at a doctor’s appointment that his little heart was not beating. This was hard on so many levels, but thankfully, we had a loving...
by Bonnie Dorough | Sep 9, 2014 | Fear, Worry & Anxiety
Five years ago, we moved back to America and my fear of food allergies began to ease up. In the four years that we were in Europe, many changes occurred in the States, but two of these were: the idea to put flax in all kinds of foods and the birth of iPhones! No one...