Your Purse
Boy do I love purses, but mine isn’t always organized! Recently a friend watched as I fumbled through my bag trying to find my keys, and all kinds of things started to spill out. We laughed about how...
View ArticleEight Simple Words
The Bible says that God must become greater, and I must become less. Those are simple words I would do well to challenge myself with today. Simple words reminding me it’s not all about me or my comfort...
View ArticleChristmas All Year Long
Is it possible to celebrate Christmas all throughout the year? Amidst the seemingly endless shopping and cooking and wrapping, it seems like Christmas lasts and lasts. Before we know it, we’ll...
View ArticleThe War Against My Soul
For years, I refused to think of my eating struggles as anything more than just a physical issue. I didn’t pray about it, and I certainly didn’t ask God for help. I just mentally beat myself up over my...
View ArticleGood Things or God’s Things
Sometimes the season of life I’m in means giving up some things, even good things! My husband JJ and I knew having two teenage sons and adopting a baby overseas was going to be hard. A month after we...
View ArticleDots
Sometimes a children’s book can have so much to say about my grown-up life. One of my favorite stories is “You are Special” by Max Lucado. At the end of the story, the main character is learning to...
View ArticleThere’s An App For That
It seems like there really is an app for EVERYTHING these days. Press a button and you can text, talk or activate a helpful application. I’m sure you’ve heard the commercial: If you want to check snow...
View ArticleWeak Places
Some days I wonder if I’ll ever get it all together. Weak places, we all have them. Places that make us feel incapable and inadequate. My weak places frustrate me. What’s your weak place? A money...
View ArticleWatching What You Say
If I had a dollar for every time I said something I regretted, I think I might be rich! You know, in the Bible, James said, “no man (or woman) can tame the tongue.” That makes me feel better knowing he...
View ArticleSweating In Church
Have you ever sat in church watching everyone else eagerly flip open their Bibles to the exact right passage while you don’t have a clue how to find what they ‘re reading? I’ve experienced this. A...
View ArticleThorns or Flowers?
Life really isn’t always a bed of roses. When I was in middle school my family was falling apart, so I went to live with my aunt for almost a year. I remember her telling me not to run through her rose...
View ArticleNot Labeled By My Mistakes
Sometimes I feel like a failure, and it’s an awful feeling. The other day I was hanging out with some friends and we were talking about struggles we were all going through. One was experiencing...
View ArticleThe Garden
Last spring, I took a shortcut through a neighborhood and saw a man planting a flower garden. It was a quick glance that produced a lingering thought; I wish I had a pretty garden. Isn’t that the way...
View ArticleIf Only I Had….
There’s a common script many of us play in our minds every day, it’s simple but incredibly dangerous. The script usually goes something like this, I would really be happy if only I had … a skinnier...
View ArticleFeeling Significant
Have you ever looked to others for significance and self worth? I sure do wish they’d notice all I do around here! I sure do wish someone would say something nice about me. Ever been there? Me too....
View ArticleA Mess
Have you ever been in a situation that was such a tangled mess you couldn’t make any sense of it? The other day I sat down to pray about a messy relationship and the knots were so consuming, I didn’t...
View ArticleThe Roller Coaster of Performance
Have you ever noticed how we tend to base our opinion of ourselves on how we’re performing that day? My friend Margo is trying really hard to lose weight, and she’s had lots of ups and lots of downs....
View ArticleDivine Whispers
I’m convinced that every day holds a gift of possible connections. An interaction with someone that will seem random, but really isn’t by chance at all. The other day while I was running errands, I met...
View ArticleForgotten
Have you ever felt forgotten? That’s how my daughter, Brooke, felt when the director forgot to cue her to come onstage for her part in the school play. She was left backstage feeling like she didn’t...
View ArticleThe Red Flags In Dating
A group of teenage girls were recently asked if they would date a boy simply because he was good looking. Most said yes, they would date someone on looks alone. My friend who was asking the question...
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