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.

The Story Behind The Story

As my eyes flowed over the verses in Nehemiah 3, I read a name, title, and responsibility connected to another name, title and responsibility as they rebuilt the wall of Jerusalem. I couldn't help but wonder, who really is Zadok son of Baana?…

To Watch and To Wait

My soul waits for the LORD more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning. Psalm 130:6 Twelve months passed watching the preparations of my wedding unfold, as I waited to marry the love of my life. Nine…

His Words I Cannot Comprehend

I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore...Genesis 22:17 Sand streamed between my fingers like sand through an hour glass, as I dug my toes further into the beach.…

He Leads Me His Way

  FORERUNNER Making a path where one did not exist,carving out a tributary for others to flow. The view ahead I cannot see, It does not look as though a path should be. But He leads me that way... Branches, logs, precipice, and…

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…