Tag Archives: Jesus

More Like Them Than We May Think

Posted on July 5, 2025 by suemariericker

Every year I go through the same frustration; yet I know how the story goes, and I hope and pray that I learn from their mistakes—and don’t make the same ones! I have made the same or similar mistakes, though. … Continue reading →

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Not Too Broken

Posted on April 24, 2025 by suemariericker

“For it was you who created my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will praise you because I have been remarkably and wondrously made. Your works are wondrous, and I know this very well.” (Psalm … Continue reading →

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Ashamed

Posted on November 14, 2024 by suemariericker

[This is the last blog I wrote, and I didn’t post it. If you look at the date of my last post, you’ll notice that I have written much less frequently as time went on. Then I started writing this … Continue reading →

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Either/Or

Posted on August 27, 2022 by suemariericker

I like putting myself into the story when I read the gospels—feel the heat, smell the dust, the food cooking, and the occasional breezes stirring amongst the people—talking with friends about Jesus, trying to get closer to Him to hear … Continue reading →

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Like Thunder…

Posted on July 14, 2022 by suemariericker

I had an interesting experience a couple of nights ago—actually, terrifying would be a more accurate description. I don’t wake up from a sound sleep easily, yet this time I was startled awake with such intensity that it took quite … Continue reading →

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"…that they all may be one."

Posted on December 27, 2019 by suemariericker

“Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.  As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.  And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.  I … Continue reading →

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What Would Jesus Do?

Posted on November 26, 2019 by suemariericker

Most of us have heard the question, seen the bracelet, or recognize the acronym WWJD.  I think from the first time I heard it an ambivalence stirred in me a mixture of “I need to be more like Jesus and … Continue reading →

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Spirit of Antichrist

Posted on November 7, 2019 by suemariericker

I’m sure most people, whether Christian or not, have heard the word “antichrist.”  Many people are also familiar with the number 666, even if they have no other association other than to think that it is related to something or … Continue reading →

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“No More of This!”

Posted on July 20, 2018 by suemariericker

As Christians, we recognize the authority and power in Jesus’ words… “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all their host.  He gathers the waters of the sea as a … Continue reading →

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Graceful

Posted on June 8, 2018 by suemariericker

When I hear the word “graceful”, I envisage someone who is elegant, one who carries him or herself with a flowing, poised bearing.  Someone much different from myself, who tends to trip over my own feet and snort when I … Continue reading →

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