Forsake the basic. Pursue the deep.
God gave me some instructions the other day that frustrated me. I wanted to cry. I felt like the thing He was asking me to do would set me back in so many ways, including prolonging the time it will take for me to reach a very important personal goal of mine. Then yesterday, during... Continue Reading →
We Christians can be quite rigid sometimes. We stand firm in what we believe and it is not very often that we are convinced against our will. There's nothing wrong with inflexibility when it comes to our beliefs but, believe it or not, flexibility in another regard is vital for any Christian that hopes to... Continue Reading →
This time last year I was living in a homeless shelter. That wasn't an easy reality to face back then but I was very grateful. Grateful to have a roof over mine and my children's heads, food to eat and an opportunity to start over again. I haven't been the same since. Never had I... Continue Reading →
I poured a bottle of sedatives down the drain yesterday and I've been hurting ever since. I’m not sure if posting this for the sake of wanting to be consistent is the right thing to do. Perhaps it would be better to silently disappear until the healing process is complete. But by doing that, I... Continue Reading →
I'm an Enneagram Type 2. That fact alone will tell you a lot of things about me, including: 1. My deepest need and desire is to be loved simply for who I am; and 2. My deepest fear is never actually having the good fortune of experiencing that. Couple that with the recent dip in... Continue Reading →
I turned the GPS off last week and I've been lost ever since. My failure to post on March 4th serves as evidence of this. Prior to that, I had never been so confident of God's leading in my life. Never had I been so sure that I was finally headed in the right direction.... Continue Reading →
I know I've talked a lot about promises in the last few posts but as I mentioned before, I've been wrestling with some things that God has spoken to me and it seems He isn't going to allow me to move on until I give up the fight. It is my prayer that by the... Continue Reading →
Growth comes not from willing in our minds to grow but instead it comes from being challenged beyond what we are currently capable of. It comes from being stretched in ways that are increasingly uncomfortable and sometimes even torturous. When faced with circumstances that we have difficulty grasping, our natural tendency is to withdraw but... Continue Reading →
Complete trust in God isn't the absence of fear. Trust in God means that though fear may be present, there is no uncertainty about who He is. The clarity that comes from defining exactly who God is to each of us as individuals is what gives us the courage to face the unknown on the... Continue Reading →
In March of last year, I found myself at the very beginning of an unexpected life transition. Forced to move out of the house I had been living in for over two years with nowhere to go except back home, I had no idea what to make of my life or what to do next.... Continue Reading →
