Worry isn’t love. Worry is a deceiver, a con-artist, a flim-flam man who steals from people by tricking them – stealing their peace, their faith, their hope – stealing everything God has for them. Worry tricks his victims into always waiting for the other shoe to drop; Worry survives by living off your fear, my fear, leaves its willing victims … Continue reading →
In this Season of Small beginnings, God has given me waterfalls, waterfalls that I can reach as I rebuild. In April, my first hike (after January’s spinal fusion surgery) ended in an unexpected waterfall. In May, while I was searching for a just-right creek for a pregnancy photo shoot for my DIL, all I found were waterfalls – all sizes … Continue reading →
The last day for me at the community pool the summer before sixth grade – my mom had remarried and we were moving far away from where I’d lived since first grade, away from my grandmother and grandfather. My grandfather picked me up that day. I saw him, elbows leaning on the fence, hands clasped, just waiting for me, watching. … Continue reading →
“I’ll make a list of God’s gracious dealings, all the things God has done that need praising,All the generous bounties of God, his great goodness to the family of Israel—Compassion lavished, love extravagant.”~ Isaiah 63:7, The Message In the Old Testament, God repeatedly, quietly and loudly, tells his children, “You have forgotten me!” (Jeremiah 3:32, Ezekiel 22:12, to name a few). It’s a heart cry from a … Continue reading →
Remember Me Monday: #6 While every day is a Remember God Day, I am inviting you to join me on Monday mornings to come by and remember what God has done for you, for your family. Maybe God sent a cardinal darting out in front of you, as if to tell you, “I’m here,” or broke a child’s fever after … Continue reading →
Yesterday morning during worship, I stood between my husband and my 4th son – stood between two miracles, between two people I love to God’s beard and back who are here today because the hand of God stayed death – I stood, remembered and wept. The miracle on my right was born 22 years ago on a stormy Sunday, June … Continue reading →
“I’ll make a list of God’s gracious dealings, all the things God has done that need praising,All the generous bounties of God, his great goodness to the family of Israel—Compassion lavished, love extravagant.”~ Isaiah 63:7, The Message In the Old Testament, God repeatedly, quietly and loudly, tells his children, “You have forgotten me!” (Jeremiah 3:32, Ezekiel 22:12, to name a few). It’s a heart cry from a … Continue reading →
Loving people and being yourself go hand-in-hand. It took me a long time to unpack what others thought of me – or maybe it was my perception of what they thought of me. I needed to catalog the traits, interests, and dreams that were mine, separating others’ traits, interests and dreams for my life. Next, I needed to study what … Continue reading →
“I’ll make a list of God’s gracious dealings, all the things God has done that need praising,All the generous bounties of God, his great goodness to the family of Israel—Compassion lavished, love extravagant.”~ Isaiah 63:7, The Message In the Old Testament, God repeatedly, quietly and loudly, tells his children, “You have forgotten me!” (Jeremiah 3:32, Ezekiel 22:12, to name a few). It’s a heart cry from a … Continue reading →
