When I was little, I remember praying and asking God to let me live long enough to know what it was like to be a wife and a mom. Some would say […]
When Life Doesn’t Turn Out Like You Planned
Goody Two-Shoes
👠 It is high time to step out of those STILETTOS 👠Let your hair down. Leave off the makeup and put on something comfortable, then carefully consider what I am about to say. […]
Truth or Dare?
Do you remember the game? When you were a child, the game was somewhat innocent. Unless you were a little audacious. You know who you are–or maybe someone particular comes to mind […]
When God says, “I Will”
This is for you, my friend. You are many. Â You are grieving, hurting, struggling, doubting. And you need answers. “Is God listening?” Â “Does He see?” Â “Does He care?” Â “How can I know […]
Wednesday Wisdom
It’s simple, really. Reading Proverbs this morning, I saw it clearly. Following God involves two simple commands: “Love My Word”, and “Live it.” Sometimes we try to complicate it, but these simple […]
Desperate Prayer
I’ve been there. You’ve been there. It is a desperate place, and it’s here that we fall instinctively to our knees. There is no other place to go. There is no other […]
Feeling Lost
It was a grand adventure. Â For a young mom with two preschoolers and an infant, taking Daddy to the airport was a HUGE deal. Â It didn’t happen very often, and the excitement […]
Chasing a Shadow
Shadows can be scary. When you think of what people fear the most–death, it is as though there is this looming shadow that follows us around until one day it catches up to […]
Looking for a Sign?
I have often hinted that it would be really convenient if God would just give me “a sign”. Â You know, like write in the clouds or have a pigeon drop a note […]
Friends of a Different Sort
I have two beautiful friends that just won’t go away. Â No matter how hard I try. They just won’t spread their wings and fly. They come back to me over and over […]
The Road Less Travelled
This is the journey you never wanted to take. The road less travelled. Or so you thought. Many have gone before and many will follow after. But that doesn’t make it any […]
Cultivating Joy
It’s an easy pattern to fall into. Â Letting circumstances dictate our joy. And the soil of circumstance can be pretty darn rocky. So we plant the seeds. We plan our days, our […]
Surviving Sports
Okay, Okay. Â I know that it is Super Bowl Sunday, and you are not going to read this because you think that I am a woman that doesn’t like sports and that […]
You Can’t Do Anything
I don’t blame my parents, or even genetics for giving me a low self-esteem. We live in a pass-the-buck society, where it seems we all too often blame any negative character traits or misfortune […]
The Gift of Receiving
This is a confession. I don’t receive well. The curse of an insecure introvert, my sweet husband has been frustrated by this, perhaps more than anything else in our marriage. (Don’t ask […]
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