Vintage Heart

Welcome back to our second installment of the Gelsemine Correspondence, a fictional imagining of what might have occurred had two demons written letters back and forth to each other to try and lead a teenage girl astray. As always, this is a complete work of fiction that I wrote to try and portray the spiritual warfare we face, and how we respond to it.

It's the era of firsts on this blog- and today, I have for you the first issue of Doctrine & Doxology, my very own section on this blog dedicated to exploring the story, history, and doctrine of old hymns. Today, we're looking at one of my favorites: Before the Throne. Have you ever been mindlessly browsing spotify or youtube or whatever, zoning out while you scroll through music, and then suddenly one song leaps out at you and drags you into its death grip? That's me with

Welcome back readers and Happy Monday! Today, we have a guest post written by Olivia Tracey, a fantastic writer and blogger. Thank you so much for writing this post for us Olivia- I'm so thrilled to be able to publish it on Vintage Heart! I’ve always loved the story of the “showdown” between the prophet Elijah and the prophets of the false god, Baal. Found in 1 Kings 18:17-40, it is a remarkable reminder not only of who God is but also of His unparalleled power.          At

"He makes that same promise to us. He promises to deliver us through His strength, if only we are willing servants of Him and His Word, and give glory to His name."

I'm finally sitting down to work on this blog, and having the vague realization that I didn't plan this out at all. But I'm going to take a breath and get some thoughts out anyway. I've never fully written or expressed any of this before (lucky you guys, getting all my ramblings!) but I think I've come to a good place with it, and hopefully I can get through it without being too confusing. I'll spare you all a lot of the details of this story, because it's not really mine. H

And coupled with the crippling realization of who Jesus was was the very knowledge that he knew and saw the darkest of sins she’d committed. He hadn’t forgotten her, even when she’d forgotten him. And he bore the name of El Roi, the God who sees.  Ayala’s father had always marveled at that name for Yahweh. That the Lord of Heaven and Earth stepped close to His people and saw them for who they were. 

Ayala, our God is constantly finding his way back to his people. He doesn’t abandon us at the slightest hardship. And neither will his son.” 

The eternal, omnipotent God of Isreal was being held by a poor carpenter. 

"Our God loves to use what is humble and raise it to what is mighty. He blends simplicity and grace in the brightest and best of ways.” 

Welcome back to the second installment of Ayala's King ! I hope you all are loving this story as much as I loved writing it. Without further ado, here's part two! Part Two:  The Star  “Gather round, ye children, come, listen to the old, old story of the power of death undone by an infant born of glory. Son of God and Son of Man! So gather round, remember now, how creation held its breath, how it let out a sigh, and filled up the sky with the angels….  So sing out with joy for

"My heart is filled with thankfulness to Him who bore my pain. Who plumbed the depths of my disgrace and gave me life again. Who crushed my curse of sinfulness and clothed me in His light, and wrote His law of righteousness with power upon my heart!" ~Keith and Kristyn Getty, My Heart is Filled with Thankfulness Wow. November has just flown by, and I don't know whether to laugh or cry about that.... As we approach Thanksgiving, the topic of thankfulness and grace has been

The God who spoke the planets into being with the might of His power leans close and gently wraps even the weakest of His children in His arms.

(Hey readers! It's me, Mira, popping in to give you guys this week's post. Today, guest writer Shadow has graciously agreed to do a post swap with me. You can find my guest post on her blog, and read more of her lovely writing on Shine Bright!

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