What if this post-loss ‘new normal’ is the place where God has been trying to get me, developing me for, preening me to live? What if the ‘new normal’ is really the age-old ‘normal’ that Providence has had for me for centuries? “For we are Gods masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus,… Continue reading What if…?
I was two years old when I stood up in the back of a church sanctuary, on a pew and hollered out “amen!” In a way that only a toddler can. As the story goes, The pastor stopped his sermon, the sanctuary grew quiet, and all was still with a little tiny 2 foot tall… Continue reading Unashamed
Everyone’s heard that we go through different “phases of life”… Right? But what about the phases where you’re running your fastest, working your hardest, doing your best (and then some) juggling emotions (mine, his, theirs…) and clocks and grocery shopping and laundry and cleaning and maybe even working in the big wide world… And your… Continue reading Chicken Nuggets & Hot Dogs
I was asked recently this question: What is your God-designed purpose? Your zone? Your passion? Your “sweet-spot”? The place where when you’re in this place, the world fades all around you and you are “all in”? Some people don’t have that place… The answer to those questions is ominous at best. So often we think… Continue reading Purposeful Passion
I was asked recently this question: What is your God-designed purpose? Your zone? Your passion? Your “sweet-spot”? The place where when you’re in this place, the world fades all around you and you are “all in”? Some people don’t have that place… The answer to those questions is ominous at best. So often we think… Continue reading Purposeful Passion
A diamond is known as one of the most beautiful creations on earth. It is a frequenter of wedding rings, necklaces, bracelets, hair accessories , certain tools and even some microchips for computers! It is strong beyond comparison to other stones. It is the strongest mineral on earth, in fact. “Diamonds are a girls best… Continue reading The Value of a Diamond
Not long ago, I turned on the radio and overheard heard someone say, “When you lose joy, you lose strength”. It intrigued me as it seems like such a simple phrase,only 7 words…yet holds such depth. When you lose joy, you lose strength. When you lose joy…meaning that joy is something that can both be… Continue reading Troubles =Opportunity?!?
Air is so often something we term “invisible”. It cannot be seen or heard. It cannot be felt. It cannot be smelled or tasted. We know it exists, logically, but we cannot experience it…Until it starts to move. Then, we call it wind. We still cannot taste or smell it, but we can feel it. We… Continue reading Seeing the Invisible
I like rewards. I’ll be the first to “go against the grain” in admitting it. It is extremely difficult for me to feel I deserve a reward and not get it. That’s called “pride”… And I’m not proud of it. But I tell you this to remind you that I am human and anything but… Continue reading The Reward
Are you beautiful? Answer it honestly. Are you beautiful? As women, we all want to be beautiful. Beautiful to others, beautiful to God, Beautiful to ourselves. Yet, for many women, we don’t feel beautiful in at least one of those areas. Why? Perhaps we don’t understand that there are multiple definitions of the word “beautiful”…and we… Continue reading Defining Beauty
