Cassie L. Wilson

Learning to be the light

Always Enough – Never Too Much: Review + Giveaway

Today’s post features a giveaway courtesy of FrontGate Media!  You could win a copy of Always Enough – Never Too Much by Jess Connolly and Hayley Morgan.  Keep reading to the bottom to find out the details!

Honesty hour: Sometimes I might kind of start to believe the Devil when he keeps telling me I’m just not good enough.

I’d bet a dollar, if I were the betting kind, you’ve heard those lies and felt the weight of those feelings, too.

You’re not good enough. You’re not compassionate enough. Not driven enough.  Not kind enough.

You get the picture. [Read more…]

How to Combat Satan’s Lies + Giveaway

You know how sometimes I’ll share neat, little stuff with you and sometimes there’s a giveaway?  Keep reading for your chance to enter a phone case from Prone to Wander LA (sponsored by FrontGate Media).  These cases are great when you need a reminder of the goodness of the Lord to help you combat Satan’s lies!

Do you ever have those days where everything just seems to go wrong?  Like, reaaal wrong?

The car wouldn’t start and you ended up embarrassingly late for work.

Your hair dryer gave up the ghost halfway through drying your hair.  And then you had no choice but to look like a half-drowned homeless goat for the rest of the day.

And then, to top if off, McDonald’s gave you unsweet tea when you ordered the sweet tea instead.  No one likes a cup of dirt water.  That’s a bad day, y’all. [Read more…]

Review: A Girl Like Me + Giveaway

Y’all, I recently had the opportunity to review Julie Elias’s new CD, A Girl Like Me.  (Thanks, FrontGate Media!)  And, you know, being a music lover, I jumped all over the chance to blare some new music in my car.

Who is Julie Elias?

Julie Elias's new CD, A Girl Like Me

If you haven’t heard of Julie Elias yet, let me take a second to introduce you to her.  Julie is a Christian singer and songwriter, but you may have seen her on your television screen.  CSI:NY or Grey’s Anatomy, anyone?  When she realized Hollywood wasn’t filling her with happiness, Julie turned her life to the One that could– God.  Now, Julie runs a non-profit that she founded, Aurora Ministries, that’s aimed at bringing quality music and resources to young girls and teens.

You know how we all have past mistakes that Satan likes to throw at us from time to time and make us forget who we really are in Christ?  Sometimes I think the adversary of soul likes to practice his Major League Baseball pitching skills and throw every weakness, every shame, every regret, and every sin in our direction to trip us up.  Anyone else feel like there are some days where Satan just hits us over and over again with things from our past?  Things designed to make us feel dirty, stained, and bound in sin?  Things that make us doubt God’s love for us?

 

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Review: A Very Thankful Prayer + Giveaway

Alright, friends.  By now, there’s a good chance you know my sweet momma is a Sunday school teacher.  I’m really not exaggerating when I say that Sunday school is a pretty big deal around the Wilson household.  In some way, shape, or form, all five of us have had a hand in prepping for her lessons.  For me, sometimes that includes reviewing books for her class, such as A Very Thankful Prayer by Bonnie Richner.

My momma puts countless hours into each Sunday school lesson that she teaches to her Primary class.  Her lessons are definitely not thrown together at the last minute.

And, friend, I bet you’re wondering why she spends so much time on one lesson, right? [Read more…]

Unsinkable Faith + Giveaway

You may remember me talking about one of my favorite scriptures a few weeks ago, 1 Corinthians 14:10.  In that post, I shared with you how the words that we speak to others can either be harmful or hurtful.  Friend, that’s not what I intended to share about when considering that particular scripture.  But, sometimes when I sit down to write, God leads me in a different direction.  And that’s okay, too.  But, my recent review of Unsinkable Faith by Tracie Miles brought me back to my original thoughts on that scripture.

Now, I want to share with you something else about that verse.

There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.  

1 Corinthians 14:10

Ever have those days where you really just cannot shake the negativity running rampant through your mind?

Negativity is Overwhelming

I’m not good enough.

No one loves me.

God has forgotten me.

I am worthless.

Friend, those are lies. Every. Single. One. Of. Them. [Read more…]