Cheryl's Corner

It was a great sermon on marriage. Everything that the pastor said that night was Biblical, right and true. Marriage is a profound mystery, how the one-flesh union between a man and a woman is the clearest earthly picture of how believers are perfectly united with God, through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. However, I remember leaving that night though, wondering what my role is as a single woman.  How can I display the glory of Christ? This was not the first time I had asked these questions.  Within the church we talk about marriage and we talk about singleness but often the kinds of conversations we have about each are completely different in tone.  It is easy to celebrate and value marriage and family; and rightly so, for it is a great gift from God!  On the other hand, very often there is pressure for singles to get out of their state. One of my fears of writing a blog on singleness is that it would seem I was minimizing the sacredness, beauty and i...

Knowing Jesus Christ personally is an indescribable gift. No other religion knows of a relational God, A God who is far above us and yet He still came down low to seek reconciliation with His people. We don’t have to always be striving to appease Him- wondering if we are doing enough to be on good terms with Him. He tells us exactly what He is looking for. A broken and contrite heart He will not despise. Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord and believes in their heart that He rose Jesus from the dead will be saved. The beginning of the world was very good with people in perfect communion with their God. This is why they were made. One day through they decided to love their own desires more than God. A flawless relationship was now fractured and people hid from God for the first time. Since then all of the devastation of sin in our hearts- constantly preferring ourselves and things over the God who fashioned us. When the world seemed to be on the verge of despair, Glimmers of hope b...