How to Handle Fear & Disasters. Part 2.
A couple weeks ago, I wrote Part 1 of How to Handle Fear & Disasters, and I promised to be back with some specific scriptures you could write on 3×5 cards to give you strength and focus on God...
View ArticleCan’t Get Your Act Together?
You are not the only one that feels like she can’t get her act together. Are you feeling like: ** you are taking three steps forward and then two steps back? ** you are spinning your wheels? ** you are...
View ArticleThe Mom Myth: “I’ve Got It Together”
What about you? Do you have it together? I know that I most certainly do NOT have it together! Didn’t have it together when my kids were young, when they turned teenagers, or after they left home to go...
View ArticleWalk. Sink. Cry Out. Reach Out. Grab Ahold.
Wow! I’ve been resting on Matthew 14:16 the last few days. For days I couldn’t seem to get past this single verse: “But Jesus said to them, ‘They do not need to go away. YOU give them something to...
View ArticleFeeling Frustrated? You Need a Cheerleader!
Life is so DAILY! Busy. Frustrating. And holidays compound the problem with all the additional GOOD things that scream for your attention! Is this ever you? Is there a nagging longing in your soul? A...
View ArticleLunch in Voodoo Land (From my missionary days) Part 1 of 2 parts.
For twenty years, I had lived in a maze of confusion and pain. My husband’s agonizing inconsistencies…his rages of anger…the degrading comments. At last, I understood. He had finally confessed to...
View ArticleLunch in Voodoo Land (From my missionary days) Part 2 of 2 parts.
(In Part 1, I had been reeling and confused from circumstances from the previous month. We left this story last time with me looking out the window just in time to see 2 Haitian boys steal a basketball...
View ArticleSplat! Reality Hits!
All was well and my life was going along great. I felt content. After all, I am doing what I was created to do. Then, out of nowhere…Splat! Reality hits! I feel like giving up! The feeling comes out...
View ArticleBreaking Through the Log Jams of Life
I hate change This month has been a B I G challenge for me. I have felt like I am in a log jam and that the logs just keep piling up on top of each other.I hate change. I hate computer issues. So,...
View ArticleThe Mom Myth: “I’ve Got It Together”
What about you? Do you have it together? I know that I most certainly do NOT have it together! Didn’t have it together when my kids were young, when they turned teenagers, or after they left home to go...
View ArticleWalk. Sink. Cry Out. Reach Out. Grab Ahold.
Wow! I’ve been resting on Matthew 14:16 the last few days. For days I couldn’t seem to get past this single verse: “But Jesus said to them, ‘They do not need to go away. YOU give them something to...
View ArticleFeeling Frustrated? You Need a Cheerleader!
Life is so DAILY! Busy. Frustrating. And holidays compound the problem with all the additional GOOD things that scream for your attention! Is this ever you? Is there a nagging longing in your soul? A...
View ArticleLunch in Voodoo Land (From my missionary days) Part 1 of 2 parts.
For twenty years, I had lived in a maze of confusion and pain. My husband’s agonizing inconsistencies…his rages of anger…the degrading comments. At last, I understood. He had finally confessed to...
View ArticleLunch in Voodoo Land (From my missionary days) Part 2 of 2 parts.
(In Part 1, I had been reeling and confused from circumstances from the previous month. We left this story last time with me looking out the window just in time to see 2 Haitian boys steal a basketball...
View ArticleSplat! Reality Hits!
All was well and my life was going along great. I felt content. After all, I am doing what I was created to do. Then, out of nowhere…Splat! Reality hits! I feel like giving up! The feeling comes out...
View ArticleBreaking Through the Log Jams of Life
I hate change This month has been a B I G challenge for me. I have felt like I am in a log jam and that the logs just keep piling up on top of each other.I hate change. I hate computer issues. So,...
View ArticleWhose Battle Is It? Part 1.
Feeling beaten down by life? Weary? Don’t want to get up to fight another day? Maybe your life feels like an uphill battle each day. Try this… In 2 Chronicles 20:5-17 God gave 6 steps to Jehoshaphat...
View ArticleWhose Battle Is It? Part 2.
Are you feeling like your life is an uphill battle? Has someone commented that you “sigh” a lot lately? Are you having trouble sleeping at night because your brain won’t shut off? Has someone said that...
View ArticleNeed Courage? 5 Tips
Are you feeling… Afraid Trapped Exhausted Lonely You can change all of that. But it takes: Stopping. Thinking. Being intentional. Ready for some ideas? No matter what your feelings are telling you, may...
View ArticleYou Can Do This! Graduations. Weddings. Endings. Beginnings.
I learned a bit by going through these changes myself. Even though there will always be a bit of sadness because my kids are off on their own; and even though my friends later told me that they thought...
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