The 2020 Pandemic Exposed My Weaknesses, Defenses, Strengths, and Potential

Not unlike most of the world, 2020 threw me into a tailspin and exposed a shadow side I was unaware of. My last post was a tribute to turning 50, where the future was my to possess. Little did I know four weeks later, everyone's world would be turned upside down. And I would see just how emotionally unhealthy I really was.
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A Letter to My 8-Year-Old Self

You'll spend a lot of your life feeling like you don't fit in. Most of the time, you'll believe it's because you're not enough, and then you'll swing to you're just too much. Somewhere along the way, you'll lose yourself, but you'll discover her again. You will actually fall in love with her, and fitting in won't seem to be that big of a deal. But it will suck that the revelation comes so much later in life.

If You Could Ask About Scripture What Would Your Question Be?

In Hebrew, "Beit" means house. "Midrash" comes from the word root that means to seek, to search out, to dig for meaning. A Beit Midrash is a House of Study or a House of Interpretation. It can be traced back to early Rabbinic literature as…

Making My Words Count - Not Counting My Words

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14   Every time I blog, I count the words I write. Keeping it short and to the point keeps people's…

Parenting: The Long-Term Investment

  Whatever you do, work with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for men. Col. 3:23 You can do it, there you go.... Look she's standing all by herself! Oh, he's scooting across the floor! Did you get that first step on video? Brush…

Searching For Loyalty

I WAS CHOSEN!!! Yep, that's how I felt when the judge asked the attorneys if there was any reason why I could not sit on the jury. I stood up and took my oath, and swore to do my best to listen and weigh all that would be shared with me in…

Love Is Patient

Love is patient (with me), love is kind (toward me) ... I am grateful to those who read what God inspires me to write. I am grateful that God prompts me to place words to print. Often times what I write down are intimate thoughts, life experiences,…

Please Forgive My Moment of Ranting: Don't QUIT!

But it's hard... Agh! I think that is the weakest excuse in the book! It's also the most common excuse I hear, and the one that drives me the craziest! Of course it's hard! Of course living a life for God is hard. Of course trying to loose weight…

To Hunger Only For What Is Good

I heard a testimony on the radio yesterday: A family was at the mall when their daughter saw a homeless man scavenging food from the trash cans. The young daughter was moved by the sight, and asked her father if she could buy the man lunch.…

Magnifying The Past

Months and months of blood work, doctor appointments, research, and waiting. Every symptom was looked at, and every new pain became a concern. Combing through online research, and multiple phone calls to specialists. Worry, fear, and uncertainty…

Parenting: How Do You Let Go Of The Bike Seat?

They're wobbling back and forth as you're holding on to the back of the bike seat, running along side them down the middle of the road. Your firm grip on that seat won't let them fall. You yell, do I let go now... No mommy, don't let go yet,…

I Can't But He Can... I Don't But He Does

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 Two speaking engagements in one weekend, two completely different groups, and two completely different messages - so I thought... In…