The Quiet Place

Luke 22:31-32  “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked  to sift all of you as wheat.   But I have prayed for you,  Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” There is something so good about spending time with Jesus. He always restores my heart. Tonight I opened up an old devotional and this is the verse that met me. It was exactly what I needed. Lately things have been a bit challenging for me, and if i'm honest, it's been a bit lonely. This verse tonight encouraged my weary heart and reminded me that I'm not on my own in these challenges. God is right here with me (Matthew 28:20).  Even when it doesn't feel like you're here Lord, I know that you are always with me. Help me to see that you are, and to seek you in my challenging moments. Thank you for praying for me, and being my strength in affliction. In Jesus Name I Pray, Amen.  Be encouraged sisters, we're not in this alone. 

These past few weeks, I've been joining in over at She reads truth for the lent devotional. The past week or so it's been focusing on the book of Jonah. At the beginning of the book, God asks Jonah to go to a city and tell people about his word. But Jonah doesn't trust what God is telling him so he runs away to a city called Tarshish and ends up on a boat. The weather starts to get bad and the people on the ship ask him what has brought this on and he says that it is him, so they throw him overboard. In the meantime he is swallowed up by a fish and is in the belly of it for a while. After that he asks God for forgiveness and ultimately ends up doing what God had planned for him all along.  This got me thinking about the times that so many of us (my self included) have been so quick to run because we were scared of what God is telling us to do. We are afraid of going outside of our comfort zone and going into the unknown. I know I felt that way when I was considering whe...

Can you believe it is almost April? I sure can't, especially with this snow still falling outside of my window, but ah yes, it is true. The month of thunderstorms and flowers is upon us! A new month also means a new theme for us here at The Quiet Place. The theme for April is.... This month we will be addressing all things having to do with purity and explaining what it means to be pure in God's sight. We also want to take this time to remind you that with every new month comes a new opportunity to guest post! So, if you have something on your heart you'd like to share with your sisters send it to tqprest@gmail.com. For more details on Guest Posting don't forget to check out the tab above!  Also... if you have a favorite blogger or writer you would like to read a guest post from let us know! We love to connect with other writers and are always on the lookout for great opportunities. Just send us an e-mail tqprest@gmail.com or message us on Facebook...

I thought of this verse today... I have seen something else under the sun:  The race is not to the swift  or the battle to the strong,  nor does food come to the wise  or wealth to the brilliant  or favor to the learned;  but time and chance   happen to them all.  Ecclesiastes  9:11 ...and it made me so thankful for grace. I am thankful that even though there aren't any steadfasts  in this life, I can count on one thing, God. I am grateful that no matter what, I can trust him, that no matter what, he is not going to desert me. I am thankful that in my weakest and darkest moments, I have a God who overcomes, who has the power to change me, and my circumstances. I am grateful that... "...in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose". Romans 8:28 What are you grateful for?

Founders Note: Today on the blog we have one of our monthly Contributors Charity, she is sharing her heart on this months theme Grace, which is one of our favorite topics, so grab a cup of coffee or tea and soak up the words that Charity has for each of us in this post!  You can find out more about her on our about page! "If grace is an ocean, we're all sinking"  sang the David Crowder Band. How true is that verse? Are we sinking in a sea of grace? If you serve the God who sent his only Son to die on the cross for your sins and sins to come, then I would have to say yes yes we are drowning in his sweet grace. But what is grace and how do we earn it? Grace is the unmerited favor from God. Fortunately it's not like reward points, you can't get any more or less of it by your behavior. When Jesus signed his life on the dotted line for our sins we were given a portion of God's grace whether we wanted it or not. Whether we claim our portion of that g...

Founders Note: Today on the blog we have one of our newest monthly contributors Vanessa from a Journey to God . She is sharing her heart on this months theme Grace. We hope you are encouraged by her words as much as we were. One of my favorite people is this world is my niece, Kayley. She’s 10 and she’s really cool. She loves her friends, loves to play sports, and she was baptized last year telling everyone she loves Jesus too. I don’t call her by her first name; instead I call her Gracie, because her middle name is Grace. Gracie is a gift to me and I treasure her greatly. I’ve been pursuing God more faithfully over the past year or so. When I first began meeting with Jesus, He started teaching me about what separates me from His protective presence. I’m a visual learner, and no one knows this more than my creator. During a quiet time with him he gave me a picture. I was standing on a tall mountain cliff out in front of me was a chasm and on the other side was Jesus. The ch...

What do you do when life gets more than a little bit hard? Especially when from an outside view in, things shouldn't be so bad.  This week has been especially difficult. I have so many things on my mind tossing inside of me, questions that I have for God that don't seem to be getting answered, abrupt life changes that have been very difficult to adjust to. These things on top of mounting school work overwhelmed me. Then, last night as I was sitting in the kitchen, feeling so confused, and unsure of what to do, I lost it. The tears began to pour out of me like a river as the emotions from the past week came to surface. I have to tell you, I don't think that I have ever had a difficult moment in my life that was quiet like that. It was good for me to let it out, I needed to. As I processed everything going through my head and continue to process it today, it was essential for me in that moment to remember one thing, God IS. God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorr...