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So…. I am in a hard season and maybe you are too. You know, the thing about hard seasons is that subtly, without us even realizing it, we shift our eyes from looking up to looking at our current situation. Before we know it, we are consumed
Read MoreOh, sweet friends, can we just get real? Can we get incredibly honest – at least with ourselves? Can we acknowledge that we have some sin that we keep hanging onto, whitewashing and pretending it is not so bad. Can we admit that it stands between us and our relationship with God? We are paying a huge price…
Read MoreI judge others and I am willing to guess that you do to. Take a few minutes to read this post and determine if you do.
Read MoreIt’s the month of love! We focus on love letters, gifts and special dinners; yet, somehow there is still something missing. We think others are loved more than us. We long for the kind of love we think others have. Yet – here in the middle of our great chaos – we can …
Read MoreWe want the world to believe we are good Christian girls, that we say yes to God about everything, that we are great followers of Jesus and that we have learned everything we need to know about Him. Ha! Who is laughing out loud with me? What could be further from the truth? Can we all just be honest…
Read MoreWe want to know. We try to guess, to figure it out. We list our gifts and our talents and imagine it has something to do with those. We think about what we enjoy, what we hope it is. We are so self-absorbed. Our calling is not…
Read MoreThe arrival of the new year makes us think about this. We wantto be more – more focused, more healthy, more of who we know we were meant to become. We want an undo button so we can turn back time and make better choices. We look at those around us and…
Read MoreAs the new year dawned we started thinking about being better, doing better and achieving better things. We started making plans, plotting a new start and hoping this year would be different. We are…
Read MoreIf you have been following along, you know that we have talked about Jesus sitting on the side of that mountain and teaching the disciples about their new way of life. You see, if we believe what we say we believe then…
Read MoreWords hurt. False accusations cause damage. Character attacks, wrong assumptions and venting leave behind a trail of heartache. It seems so unfair and just plain wrong. Then…
Read MoreAs I am blogging through the beatitudes, we come to verse 9, Blessed are the peacemakers and of course… the peace sifted right out of my life…
Read MoreDid you miss me? Did you even notice I was gone? When I first began to post my blog, I would wonder if anyone would notice if I stopped blogging. I wondered if anyone ever even read a single post. Then I realized those thoughts were all about me. God…
Read MoreIt’s a southern thang. We often exclaim, “Lord, have mercy!”. We say it when we are exasperated or frustrated over a situation not really giving thought to what we are muttering or maybe even shouting. But mercy should not be taken lightly…
Read MoreOh, the longings of our restless heart. With every beat beat… beat beat… beat beat… we long for more. We long to finally be happy, content and complete. We long to feel safe and secure. We long for the grass that looks so much greener on the other side. However, these longings so often lead us astray. We find our way to a place where we think we can find contentment and before we know it…
Read MoreDo you ever get caught up in trying to prove yourself? Do you long to be in control? Do you have an arrogant independence that to the world looks strong and powerful, but to God it reveals much about your lack of dependence on Him? We say we believe, yet we live like the lost…
Read MoreWhat grieves the heart of God? Am I causing Him to grieve? Oh, I would never want to cause Him grief. How can I know if I am…
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