It’s always a little awkward to walk into a new crowd when you don’t know anyone. It’s even more awkward if no one breaks off from their circle to welcome you or at the very least simply acknowledge that you’re in the room. This happened to me at a social function I recently attended. …
Summertime is here and there’s only one way to beat the heat and that’s by diving into the swimming pool. Both of my girls are really strong swimmers. In my former years, I was a lifeguard and swim instructor, so as soon as they could hold their heads up, I had them splashing around in …
We all have a story to share that can potentially help someone else. Life is messy but it’s also filled with beauty, isn’t it? Each one of us have gone through various trials and if we allow the Lord to lead us through them, then most likely we can come out with a story that …
How many times have you heard the saying, “Patience is a virtue?” However, patience, for most of us Americans, is not our favorite discipline to practice. Our drive-thru mentality has made certain of that. But what if instant gratification is not an option for our particular situation? It could be that we are waiting on …
The official definition of mercy is “compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm.” I think about the time as a young driver that I thought that I had fully stopped at the stop sign but the police officer had a differing opinion and let me know …
I recently experienced the sweetest blessing of being prayed over by my faithful friends. After my annual mammogram, I was advised to have a biopsy on a cyst in my breast. Because my mother is a breast cancer survivor, the test was to be completed at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. I had …
In a world filled with conflict, a life of peace sounds mighty good right about now. Day after day we hear the news reports. They are filled with such violence and discord, leaving so many hurting and grieved in its wake. Lives are forever changed in an instant and we are left shaking our heads …
Have you ever had the feeling that you were totally surrounded by a helpless situation? There are times in life that we find ourselves in a full-fledged battle and we can physically feel the enemy closing in around us. Maybe it is that we have been in conflict with our spouse for years now with …
When I was a little girl the shadows that danced on my wall at night seemed larger than life. I knew that the shadows couldn’t hurt me, but that didn’t stop me from crying out for my mother when they shifted on the wall. She would come into my room and reassure me that …
Once while at my Women’s Bible Study, we ended our time together by fervently praying over one of my friends who was hitting some roadblocks in the adoption process of her daughter. As a collective group of women, we had all invested in bringing this sweet girl home from Ethiopia by fundraising and praying for …
