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1 week ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
Are you spending time with people who offer unreliable advice, suggest questionable activities or mock ideas that are important to you? Do you wish you had the courage to cut ties with them? If you feel increasingly frustrated by the choices you make due to other people’s influences, please read (and seriously consider) this week’s verse: “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers” (Psalm 1:1 ESV).
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1 week ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
You’ve noticed something different about yourself. Previously, when you faced obstacles, you’d give up. Now, you persevere and see the project or trial through …… Even when it feels as if you’ve been “waiting on God” forever. Is it because, after years of lukewarm quiet times, you’ve become serious about growing in your relationship with your heavenly Father?
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2 weeks ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
How many dads (and moms, for that matter) would want their “parenting” televised? I can’t think of anything more intimidating. If someone made a movie about your family, how many scenes would include dramatic music swells just before a commercial break? When your husband catches your child sneaking in the house hours past curfew, would the producers add extra commercial breaks to break the tension?
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3 weeks ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
Carol waved to her best Friend from across the grassy field. She grabbed her three-year-old daughter, Shelby, and swung her onto her right hip. Shelby giggled as her mother’s long stride bounced her as they hurried toward Jesus. “I’m glad to see you again,” she said.
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3 weeks ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
Your mind is racing. It won’t be long before your boss realizes that you’re not as experienced as your resume suggested. Or perhaps you’re wondering if you’ll ever manage to pay down the mountain of debt that threatens to bankrupt you. Maybe your marriage is so strained that your wife is talking about divorce. You feel scared. Alone. Powerless. You just can’t stop thinking about it. So ... what now? Will you continue doing all the things that are making your life – and mind – increasingly chaotic?
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1 month ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
When someone insults us, steals from us or lies to us, what would Jesus say … to us? Furthermore, how would Jesus want us to model to our children loving those who treat us unfairly? His Word … to us … is clear: “I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44 ESV). Most of us don’t have literal enemies. We’re not engaged in military combat, and we don’t face the kind of persecution Christians encounter in other countries.
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1 month ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
Are you spending time with people who offer unreliable advice, suggest questionable activities or mock ideas that are important to you? Do you wish you had the courage to cut ties with them? If you feel increasingly frustrated by the choices you make due to other people’s influences, please read (and seriously consider) this week’s verse: “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers” (Psalm 1:1 ESV).
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1 month ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
In the mid-1990s, when my son, Joshua, announced that he had enlisted in the Army, I felt nervous yet proud of his decision to serve his country. When Kuwait was becoming increasingly unstable, Joshua called to say his unit was awaiting word on whether they would be sent to that region. I prayed earnestly for my son’s protection, holding my breath for his return. Thankfully, a few years later, Joshua came home unharmed, never having gone to Kuwait.
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1 month ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
In the mid-1990s, when my son, Joshua, announced that he had enlisted in the Army, I felt nervous yet proud of his decision to serve his country. When Kuwait was becoming increasingly unstable, Joshua called to say his unit was awaiting word on whether they would be sent to that region. I prayed earnestly for my son’s protection, holding my breath for his return. Thankfully, a few years later, Joshua came home unharmed, never having gone to Kuwait.
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1 month ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
I like to think I’m a kind person, but when someone disrespects me or disagrees with me on something I care about, I find it hard. Don’t you hate the part of you that has to get in the last word? We can’t let the matter drop. We spit out words fueled by the heat of the moment – words that continue to sting and cut long after they’ve left our lips. Long past the moment we regret saying them. We’re fired up, and although we’re confident in our position, we get lost in our passion.
