Jamie Trunnel

Don’t Worry About Anything: keeping problems in perspective (Philippians 4:6-7)

Sometimes I struggle to keep my problems in perspective and not worry about them. The Apostle Paul says–“don’t worry about anything,” but this seems nearly impossible when I get tangled up with difficult emotions or life’s chaos. Small issues appear big. Lines of responsibility get blurry. When I start stressing about how to fix or […]

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Bible Verses to Calm Worry and Anxiety

I’ve been in a war with worry most of my life. But, learning and praying Bible verses has helped me fight back with power and strength greater than my own. God’s Word is alive and active. If we keep it in our heart, soul, and mind, it can help us gradually overcome the crippling emotions

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I Will Come Forth As Gold (Job 23:10)

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. Job 23:10 NIV Sometimes my husband and I wait weeks to see our first Baltimore Oriole in the spring. Each morning, I refresh the bird feeder’s grape jelly so it is clean and inviting for their

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Join Us Together, Lord, like a Cord of Three Strands: an Ecclesiastes 4:12 prayer-poem

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm

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sitting among broken shells

Among the Broken Shells: a poem to pray for others

Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. Colossians 4:2 Sitting among the broken shells on this beach, I feel a prayer stirring up in me. I pick up a few shells and notice the differences in their wear and tear. There are clams split in two, conches with gaping holes

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