Bethany McIlrath

First and Second: Perspective On What Matters Most (Matthew 22:36-40)

Tag: trust

  • Word of the Week: Understanding

    Word of the Week: Understanding

    “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding”  –Proverbs 3:5 The verse is easy to memorize, but it’s so hard to live. I often feel that I’m good at the trusting, and even the leaning. Where I fail most (and the trust and the leaning aren’t real) is…

  • In {Google} We Trust

    In {Google} We Trust

    {The second installment in the In ____We Trust Series} I like to stop by Christ on my way to Google. I wave hello, say “thanks” or “please.” Even “so glad you’re still here, I love you and trust you!” and then get along on my merry way to wherever I’m ultimately headed. It’s often to…

  • Word of the Week: Trust

    Word of the Week: Trust

    Trust. For a little word, it sure is a big one. Just a few of the things God demonstrates to us about trust… Trust Makes a Way and Keeps Us In It Isaiah 26:3 states that: “(God) will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in (Him).” Trust that makes…

  • In ____ We Trust {Series}

    In ____ We Trust {Series}

    As we detail our troubles, we intend for our hearts to trust. But we overshare our hopes while downplaying our fears. We try to back up our feelings of trust- a form of faith- with evidence and proof that it’s working. That things will get better “if.” Our trust is half-hearted. So our hearts only…

  • His Word Works in Me- The Word Works Series

    His Word Works in Me- The Word Works Series

    The final post in The Word Works Series! I’m so thankful! Over the past two months, some amazing, gracious guest bloggers have written to encourage, exhort, and testify to the power of God’s Word at work in their lives. God Himself testifies to the abilities of His Word. For example, Scripture tells us that the…

  • Love Others

    Love Others

    photo from: everydaywild.com Love your neighbor as yourself. This, we know well, is the second greatest commandment: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law…