I'm sharing over at (in)courage today. I hope you will stop by and visit my new friends! Slaying Dragons and Rescue a Princess Continue Reading
When God Gets My Leftovers
This past weekend my family and I went to Red Robin for lunch. Burgers, salads, wraps, and fries. Yummy! Because we all love their fries, we asked for a To Go box. My son Justin claimed we’d eat them later. Now you need to know I am NOT one to eat leftovers. Especially day old french fries. Actually, I often throw away our leftovers when I find Continue Reading
What Compels You?
(edited out the license plate for privacy) What compels someone to slap bumper sticker after bumper sticker to the back of their vehicle? What compels a person to tattoo their bodies from head to toe like a color by number painting? What compels you to live like you do? We are all compelled by something or someone. The question is who or Continue Reading
Someone Needs You
It's time to go for God. Where? To where your heart aches most. Listen to His heart in you and go to: your lonely neighbor your confused teenager your elderly parent a forgotten widow the single mom the wounded soldier 145 million orphans girls and boys bound by sex slavery the hungry the homeless the sick and dying those behind Continue Reading
My Unbelief
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. Psalm 20:7 (NIV) Confession: I have a trust issue. I don't completely trust God with everything in my life. I'm better at trusting God with YOUR LIFE. When I get real before the LORD, I admit my unbelief. I hate the reality of my stubborn heart Continue Reading
This Isn’t a Game Anymore. It’s War!
Do you feel the tug of war going on all around you? I do.The last couple weeks I've felt a strange battle over me. Restlessness and discouragement hover nearby. So much for any pride I may have had in my spiritual growth. It's gone. I'm humbled again, brought low by God's design.Should I blame this tug of war on my hormones? Is it the summer heat? Continue Reading