There have been many moments in my life where God has prepared me for a season that was coming. For a long time, I wasn’t sure if I liked this or not. My heart would be disturbed and unsettled in the midst of some of the unknown. However, when the time came, I was prepared…
I remember being a young girl in school. I was always looking at the other girls trying to figure out how to be more like them. I wanted to fit in. I wanted to be liked. I mean…don’t we all? I would watch how they would act and how they dressed. I would watch how…
It wasn’t until I became a parent that I began to understand God more as a Heavenly Father. There have been times through these parenting years that I have cried out to God to know what to do as a parent and to shed tears of grief because of fear and sadness about things that…
I love walking alongside others on this journey with God. I remember back to pivotal moments where someone’s prayer or word of advice kept me going in the right direction or caused me to think twice about my thoughts or actions. There are other moments when I look back and wish I had listened to…
I have been walking more lately. I have a friend and neighbor I walk with when we are able to hook up. We always walk next to each other the whole way. All through the walk we are talking or listening. There is a constant interaction while we walk. Walking together is more than just…
I have been marinating over this blog post over the last week. This is the final blog post to come out of Genesis 4. As I prayed this morning, I sensed the Holy Spirit birthing this post. After reading about Cain and Abel, I often wondered how Eve was feeling. I can imagine at this…
I remember when my boys were young. I would catch them in a moment where they were faced with a decision. They had to decide if they would choose to be obedient to what we had told them to do or give in to the temptation to disobey. Just like with us, there were moments…
You know those times during the month, where we as women tend to struggle with our emotions a little more? It was one of those times for me and a situation came up. It was one I usually handle carefully with a prayer on a normal day, but this day some emotions were stirring high. I…
Have you ever been in a situation where you are serving your husband, child, parent, or friend and even though you really desire to be loving them this way, you find your mind wandering to thoughts about wanting to be doing something else right then, or wishing someone else would be doing the task? Do…
This Spring, I have been leading a women’s small group through our church. One of my sweet friends opened her home to us and we have been growing in the Lord together. We have been reading a book called, “She’s Still There” by Chrystal Evans Hurst. It has been such a blessing. There was a…
