Denouncing Our Modern Day Idols
By Micah Ruth |
You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or…
Following the Unswervingly Loyal God
By Micah Ruth |
But I’m unswervingly loyal to the thousands who love me and keep my commandments. Exodus 20:6 MSG “I will make what they meant for your harm into good if you…
Simply Children of God
By Micah Ruth |
“I am going on a solo birthday trip to the mountain resort to get my soul right with God again,” I announced to my husband the day before my birthday…
Overcoming Disappointment with Love
By Micah Ruth |
Tears swam in my little man’s eyes when I asked him what was wrong. I went in to read him a bedtime story, unaware he was upset, but the disappointment…
Fighting the Temptation of Easy
By Micah Ruth |
Embarrassingly, there is this false gospel I still submit to from time to time. It’s the belief that thinks because I am a Christian, trying to follow Jesus well, that…
Overcoming the Enemy in My Head
By Micah Ruth |
We have a new uninvited and rather strange resident at our house. He is a robin who we have jokingly named Robinator. It is a mix between Robin and…
How Love Overcomes Perfection
By Micah Ruth |
“Hey, Buddy. What are you doing?” I said trying to refocus the attention of my middle son back towards his math worksheet for the fifth time in the last ten…
A Better Kind of R & R
By Micah Ruth |
Head spinning and the ringing in my ears getting louder by the second, I jumped out of my chair and sharply reprimanded my 7-year-old. “I have had enough”, I shouted,…
Permission to Feel & Fail
By Micah Ruth |
I sat cross-legged on the puffy brown leather chair, heart twisted in despair, trying with all my might to get over myself, get up, and ready for work. I have…
God Really Likes You
By Micah Ruth |
I sat in a tall chair in the middle of the room surrounded by women’s faces smiling back at me. My heart was knocking with nerves even though I knew…