Nicole Dotson
Hey there! I'm so glad you stopped by. This is where I share the lessons and insights the Lord has been teaching me through His Word. I hope you find it encouraging!
Category: Grace
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The negative thoughts take laps around my head… Each one racing to take first place… Consuming my brain space. Anxiety growing, Agitation growing. Round and round they go and go and go… Then, an intrusive, quiet whisper asks- “What is it that you are meditating on?” Thoughts stop mid-lap. I realize that I’m doing it…
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God’s peace is incomprehensible, and His peace is likened to a military guard that protects our hearts and minds from hostile invasion. His peace hems in and protects our hearts and minds that are so vulnerable.
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I have the choice this year…this day…this minute…the choice of where to put my mind. Where to dwell, linger, what to meditate on. (It is a choice. It’s my choice. It’s an action, a putting or setting of my mind.) It’s real easy to go negative, to allow my mind to dwell on someone else’s…
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“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.” So…who am I imitating?
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We need you. You are not forgotten. Please, don’t give up yet…there are some of us out here who are looking for you. For your stories. For your wisdom. For your advice. We want to know about that path that you’ve walked to earn that beautiful Crown of Splendor that gracefully wraps around your head.…
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The battle is waging, The enemy’s strong… Mothers and Fathers cry out. His tactics relentless, Temptations so sweet… Mothers and Fathers cry out. We’re confounded, astounded, We’re desperate and weak… Mothers and Fathers cry out. He keeps inching closer, Creeping in on all sides… Mothers and Fathers cry out. We close all our doors, Yet…
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Happy Valentine’s Day, cherished one! Today, whether you have a “Valentine” or not…you need to know that YOU…yes, YOU…are FULLY LOVED BY THE KING OF KINGS. Read each of these love notes and know that there is absolutely no one on earth that can love you more than the One who paid for your life…
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This was the year (again) that we were going to get Advent right. I was ready. Day one we all sat down and read the prescribed scripture reading and I read from our new Advent book that I was so excited to share with my family. All of a sudden one kid’s head was laying…
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Where are you feeling empty? What have you tried to fill it with? How is that working? Jesus is the One that fills ALL THINGS in EVERY WAY. Nothing else will satisfy us. No one else will satisfy us. We will never find rest until we rest in Him. We will never be full until…
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John 4:7-14 7There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 9Therefore the Samaritan woman said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?”…
Nicole Dotson 