The Green Pastures

Lying in the green pastures while looking to the Good Shepherd

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  • God in the Garden Barabbas on Trial

  • With Easter season upon us, I want to dive into the meaning behind it. This post will look into the first five days of what is known as Holy Week and the next three will go through Good Friday and the events that follow. Palm Sunday

  • I decided to pair this post with the lyrics of a song called “So Will I”, this song is one of the most well-written songs in my opinion. I hope it reveals to you what it has already revealed to me. I hope to help in doing that. It shows the beauty and obedience of…

  • Chasing after Purpose

  • Keeping the theme from the last post of being completely devoted, I want to speak to how we respond to God calling us to various circumstances. Whether in questioning or full certainty, in good or bad, our response should be yes to whatever God requires. We have many examples of this in the Bible, but…

  • When I first heard the song “Abandoned” by Benjamin William Hastings, it wrecked me. It convicted me of all I was withholding from God. There were many lyrics that struck me deep, of which I picked a few to use, in hopes that they give language like they did for me.  Give Before hearing this…

  • When facing suffering, one thing that has helped me is to know that God will not let it go wasted. That can often prove to be difficult. To help me see that, I often look from three perspectives to see what God is doing beyond my suffering. Past The first of the three perspectives is…

  • In this post, I have decided to include lyrics from the song Homeward by Benjamin William Hastings. God has used music in my life to carry me through many seasons. This song has helped me more than any other. It has helped me most when I could not feel God or what He was doing.…

  • Secluded For the longest time, I had struggled with a fear of man. Because of that fear, I would always be terrified of being alone, whether it was even a valid fear or not. My happiness was found in if people thought highly of me. This fear of man was especially present when people were…

  • Wrestle while Remaining The term “wrestling with God” has been on my heart to write on for awhile. Too many times I would wrestle with God and wind up feeling guilty. I had to learn that nearly anyone who has walked with God has wrestled with Him, not because He was quarrelsome, but because as…