Truth. Love. Joy.
Last week I wrote about being stuck-in-a-rut. I had taken a much needed 40-day break from some specific distractions, and a lot of action in my life, to reflect. “Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” - Peter Drucker During this time of reflection, I read several
It’s not always easy to see the good, especially when we are in the midst of a struggle or facing a storm in our life. It’s not always easy to hang on, persevere, and press on when circumstances aren’t changing… …they aren’t getting better. How then, do we fix our minds on things of above,
Not long ago, (or so it seems) I entered into a season so dark and lonely, I did not think my soul would survive it. A betrayal so deep – that at the time, I felt my heart could never overcome it. I cried out to God in deep anguish, and sleep never came to
Child abuse or should I say the prevention of – is a passion of mine. Picture this. You are at the grocery store, target, mall- some public place… when a child is acting out. You can see the anxiety of that parent rising. They may lash out at their child who is misbehaving, and maybe
In June 2002, I found myself living alone without another adult for the first time in my adult life. Since college I’d always had a roommate – one of whom was my former husband. I had two companions living with me but my six and three year old daughters needed me to pour into them.
Have you ever flown over a thunderstorm in an airplane? I do not fly that often, but the few times I have flown, it has never been anything short of blue skies from the plane down. I am a window-seat kind of gal usually because I am a claustrophobic kind of woman, that typically spends
Have you ever felt stuck for no reason? Like you couldn’t move forward and you didn’t know why? Maybe you felt stuck with a weight issue, a business issue, a ministry issue, or even an emotional issue. Recently I was faced with this exact same dilemma — STUCK… …I was completely perplexed! I couldn’t see
HALT = Hungry — Angry — Lonely — Tired When I am feeling irritable, as I do right now, I think of the above analogy a friend shared with me. When even one of these feelings is out-of-balance… …I feel vulnerable. Balance is difficult, especially for me right now; as a single mom of three,
(If you received this post via email, be sure to click here to watch the video.) Last week I had the opportunity to see the movie Joyful Noise — “pre-release” — I liked it… …hope. perseverance. love. BUT, what really touched my heart and kept me thinking for days after were the lyrics to the
From the archives and modified… What is a dry well? Simply put it’s a well that is dry, one that does not produce any water. A dry well would be one that no one returns to to quench their thirst and in most cases it would be capped of, abandoned and forgotten. …but they are