A few days ago, I was refreshed and ready for the fall. I had energy and was ready for the somewhat exhausting days that I knew were ahead. Yesterday, however, I felt like I had been hit with a ton of bricks. Something I had been looking forward to happening did not. I was reminded…
Read MoreTrust
I am a worrier by nature. I hate it! Hate it! Hate it! I am constantly battling the creeping anxieties of the mind. I want to put to death those parts of me…and I am always in process with God in doing that. My mind can get fixated on conversations, people’s choices, decisions I have…
Read MoreOur “acceptable” idols…
These days it seems that there are as many different “flavors” of who God is as people. Even people who go to the same church have worldviews that shape one’s foundation so differently. If the foundation of a house is bad, the whole house is bad. A worldview built on faulty premises of the true…
Read MoreExamination
On Tuesday, I met with my friend, Liz, and during the course of our conversation, the theme became examining our hearts before God. No matter what frustrations, circumstances, emotions, even obedience that comes in life, we constantly have to examine ourselves in His presence and His word. I am…
Read MoreBlog Silence
I have been silent on my blog for over a week. I attribute it to busyness but also to a picture of my heart. We have had a lot going on in life schedule-wise, but we have had a lot going on heart-wise, as well. I am running on fumes,…
Read MorePain in the neck…
I literally woke up turning over in the middle of the night with a pain in the neck. This has been an internally stressful week. A lot has gone on in our lives to process. And, as always, my body has spoken to tell me about it. There is something about pain in your neck–there…
Read MoreLimping along
My life is a lot about relationships…listening, praying, counseling, teaching, checking in, studying (in order to teach). The other part is the task oriented piece of keeping our house in order and managing our finances. (I make it sound like I should say words like portfolio and fiscal.) For those of you who do not…
Read MoreThis week…
This week marks the week of Christ’s suffering and death and ressurection. It has been a blessing already as I have read the scriptures of his entry into Jerusalem and his ministry in the first part of the week. Yesterday, I was reminded in personal time with God and at church that Jesus did…
Read MoreDeception: are you buying it?
My heart is heavy. This morning I am reminded that the enemy is a roaring lion looking for people to devour. We are mostly devoured subtly, I think. There are people that struggle with illicit drugs and sex, but most people I know are devoured by what look, in the beginning, like seemingly good things.…
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