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…

Victoria's Secret VS Jesus' Secret (For Women Only)

I'm fourty-two years old and I walked into my first Victoria's Secret store this weekend. I actually wasn't there for me, but I'd always heard that a woman should be measured for bra size, so while I was there I thought - what the heck let's…

Helping Your Husband

Woman: I know when he's been drinking, and I ask him every time, and every time he lies. It always causes a fight, and I am so tired of the fighting... Me: Why do you ask him the question, if you already know the answer? Woman: I want him…

Protecting Your Family

I'm treading water in the deep end... I'm raising teenagers counter culture to the world they are submerged in daily. The battle for their souls and destinies were waged at their conception. The devil knew the home they were being raised in,…

The Blind Side Hit!

SLAM! A throbbing head, a sick stomach. Intense pressure building on the shoulders, the back feels like it's literally hunching over from the weight. The body is drained from all it's energy, and words are absent apart from Help me God... That…

Power Of The Spoken Word

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 They're standing in your kitchen falling apart. Their life is crumbling before their very eyes. Everything they knew to be reliable has become unreliable.…

What Limits God...

For nothing is impossible with God. Luke 1:37 The bell rings, the sixth graders return to their classrooms. The teacher excuses the students who do not stay in class for math - that would have been me. I picked up my book, my pencil, and my…

The Kiss of Betrayal

...I know the ones I have chosen. But this fulfills the Scripture that says, ‘The one who eats my food has turned against me.’ John 13:18  Betrayal... it's one thing to extend forgiveness to someone who cuts you off on the freeway - it's…

Accepting Change And Launching Into Flight

It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going. Heb. 11:8 At the break of dawn, in early spring and winter,…