Yesterday I wrote about how fear is an obstacle for love. If you try to instill fear in another to love them you are not actually loving them. You are instead trying to control them which is not of lo...Read More
It is a wonder to me that when I hear the voice of God it is in the form of a whisper. This is the same God who makes the thunder roll through the heavens in a crescendo. He also created those marvelo...Read More
I have gotten into a habit lately when I go on dates. I invite God on the date. It is amazing at how wonderful my dates have become since He has come with me. It is also uncanny that I have not had an...Read More
The Bible says if you train up a child in the way they should go, they will not depart from it when they are older. I thought I had done the right thing by taking my children to church when they were ...Read More
In September I shared with my readers a tragic accident that my brother had experienced. He flew off of a four wheeler after hitting a truck and broke his sixth and seventh vertebrae. When breaking th...Read More
One of the mysteries of life is how to undo the damage of childhood. As a child I was innocent, joyous and full of energy. If I was hurt I hid my pain. Nobody cared if I cried, so I became proud, and ...Read More
Suffering a broken heart is anguish but it is not without benefit. A heart which has not been hurt may still beat but not near as strong and as vibrant as a heart which, torn to shreds struggles...Read More
I sat on my rocking chair engulfed in emotional pain and sobbing uncontrollably when I realized that absolutely everyone that I loved in this life had betrayed me at one point or another. I wond...Read More
In the Bible it says to pray without ceasing and the peace of God which passes all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6) The first time I received peac...Read More
Tonight on the way home from a meeting I heard on NPR that a new research study was being released on discipline. The study concluded that if a parent yelled or screamed at their children they had a g...Read More
I was raised in a home where I learned the story of salvation at an early age. I don’t remember which day in my childhood I asked Jesus into my heart for the forgiveness of my sins but I canR...Read More
When I was a little girl I can not tell you how many times I heard “Why aren’t you more like your older sister?” My older sister was a consummate perfectionist. She was pretty, popul...Read More