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.
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.
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…
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…