by Erika VanHaitsma | Mar 21, 2019 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
I love the hymn “It Is Well With My Soul.” Partly because the story behind the song is so sad. I know, that probably doesn’t make sense. I hate sad movies, sad books, sad songs. But although the story itself is sad, the hymn is one of triumph and...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Mar 13, 2019 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
Months ago Bryan taught on the parable Jesus told about a king who forgives a MASSIVE debt of one of his servants (Mt 18:21). We are talking HUGE, absolutely-impossible-to-ever-pay-back size debt. And the Master forgives it, completely, unconditionally, amazingly.You...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Feb 27, 2019 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
During this past summer, I was outside watching my kids play out in the yard, and I told one of them not to do something. Well, go figure, the child went and disobeyed me and did the action again. So the Child was disciplined. After the discipline I told the Child,...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Feb 21, 2019 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
I don’t know what your weeks are like, but right now mine are incredibly slow and incredibly fast at the same time. I feel like each Saturday night I stop and go “oh yeah, that’s right, there is a God who’s in control, and I’m not.” Sunday mornings have become a...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Jan 30, 2019 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
I was recently reminded of a song my parents listened to a lot while I was growing up. God and God alone Created all these things we call our ownFrom the mighty to the small the glory in them allIs God’s and God’s alone God and God alone conceals the truth of all we...
