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
Oswald Chambers writes this insightful description of faith based on Hebrews 11:8 “He [Abraham] went out, not knowing where he was going.”… “Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One Who is leading. It is a life of faith, not of intellect and reason, but a life of
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
The other day my six-year-old son says to me, “Mom, you know fog is like sin, and the sun is like Jesus.” Boy, isn’t that the truth. Don’t you love how sometimes the simple lessons of life can be summed up perfectly by a six year old? And how God can use a simple statement
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.
Today I cut a pineapple. Not very earth-shattering — to you. …but to me, it was monumental. I had never cut a pineapple before, never even tried. Even when we lived in the jungle and the indigenous people would bring us fresh pineapple from their gardens, I’d let it sit on the counter, our eyes
“Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will.” – Max Lucado My 10-year-old son recently fasted from video games. Now, he didn’t come up with this idea on his own… nor was I the one who suggested it. But at the urging of someone he trusted, Sam decided
I have written this beginning no less than 7 times. The words have weighed on my heart and rattled around in my brain, but for some reason, they just don’t want to sit on this screen and communicate my heart. You see, I’m a perfectionist. At least, that’s what I always thought. ‘Perfectionism’ has been
As you look back on the last year and look forward to the new year… …are you truly living out the calling that God has given you? If not, what or who is hindering you from fulfilling the calling that God has given you? Hmmm…think about it. What is that thing that God keeps whispering