Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
Recently I partnered with another writer on a ministry project. Before beginning on the project we opened in prayer. Each time she prays, she ask the Lord “let us work for eternal fruit in this endeavor”. It had been a long time since I’d heard it put this way. However, whatever we do, we should be working for eternal fruit. […]
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I grew tired of spinning my wheels. It seemed for years as if every step forward resulted in three steps back. Looking at my to-do list, items were still on there from years ago. I wasn’t getting anywhere. Lord, is this really what you want for me? Is this your plan for my life? Maybe I was wrong. Maybe […]
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There have been times when I’ve really had to ask God why. Why did I not listen to His warnings? Why did I marry an abusive man? Why didn’t I have children? Why have I been single for so long? Why is the struggle to get healthy so difficult? Why isn’t my book published yet? Why is an endeavor or […]
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I have a type A personality. I want things done yesterday and I want to make sure they are done perfectly. After three years of having to do everything at work myself, I finally gained an assistant who has become a right hand to me. However, relinquishing control has not been easy at times. I have had to […]
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Part of First Place 4 Health’s program is to memorize scripture each week. During my first session I really struggled with finding the time or desire to memorize scripture, even though I knew I needed to. I’d grown lax in this discipline and needed to draw closer to the Lord. Then a misunderstanding occurred and my car radio went […]
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There are days when I am overwhelmed at work. There is so much I have to get accomplished, but one interruption turns into a dozen. Some of these are legitimate, but others are to hear a story I could recite by memory or to answer a question I’ve already answered a dozen times. I wish I could tell you […]
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After a month of going non-stop, I finally crashed for a weekend. However, while crashing I also forgot to plan. You see, usually over the weekend I plan and prepare my food for the coming week. I know I won’t have the time or energy to do cook during the week. On the week after I crashed, I discovered […]
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After weeks of burning the candle at both ends, I was exhausted mentally, emotionally and physically. By the end of the week, I was praying “Lord give me the strength to get up and make it through the day.” I couldn’t do it in my own strength. By the time the weekend rolled around, I was so tired I […]
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Several weeks ago, in church, I watched a family a few pews ahead of us. During the invitation, the mother went forward with her adult son to the altar. There they knelt together praying together and at one point the mother was over her son and I could imagine she was praying over her child. I was struck […]
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I arrived home a few weeks ago and Mama said, “we need to talk”. “What did I do now?” I snapped. Instantly, I wondered why am I defensive? “Nothing. We just need to discuss our plans for the day.” Why was my natural inclination to snap and grow defensive, when there was nothing to be defensive about. […]
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After work one Friday, I ran a few errands and before I knew it the nine o’clock hour had come. I wondered where the day had gone. After all, after work on Friday’s is my favorite time of week and I’d been so busy it had passed in a flash. But, I thought back to the three hours I spent […]
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As a survivor of domestic violence, there is a lot of stinking thinking I’ve had to work through and to reverse. I’ll tell you it is not easy to do, but I choose to continue to press forward. My weight loss journey has often been painfully slow and frustrating at times. However, a great work is being done within my […]
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I have to admit, with my melancholy personality I struggle to be grateful at times. This year, I decided to work on that and to search for gratitude and a spirit of gratefulness and thanksgiving. Overall, I noticed that my mind is beginning to change from the negative to the positive. I still have a long way to go, but […]
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Have you ever wondered why I am in this season of life? When is it going to end and move on? I think we all have at some point in time, especially when we are going through a difficult time or discontentment is reigning in our hearts. There are often seasons we don’t understand why we have to go through […]
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I have always been independent and head strong. This has caused me to get in trouble on more than one occasion. Ever since I rededicated my life to Christ over a decade ago, the Lord has had to break me at times. This is not easy in the moment, but once I’m through the situation I see what he was […]
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As I mentioned last week, the power of my words landed me in trouble. The situation took several weeks to resolve. This was a very stressful time and led to more than one sleepless night. I turned the only place possible. To the Lord in prayer. I poured my heart out and begged the Lord to change the situation, but […]
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Several weeks ago, after an exhausting week I snapped at a friend of mine. Although my words were not directed towards her, they were perceived to be and taken personally. The situation escalated and almost came to an end. Even after apologizing the situation was not easily resolved. King Solomon wrote “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but hard words […]
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Last week, I talked about owning up to my mistakes. But what about when someone we look up to falls? Recently the news has been full of role models who made a colossal mistake. So, what can we do when others fall? First and foremost, pray for them. Pray for the Lord to: Comfort them Guide them Direct their actions […]
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On two different occasions lately, I have had to own up to my mistakes. This included taking ownership, apologizing and working to resolve the situation. Owning up to our mistakes is not always easy and in our humanness we often want to cast blame on others, instead of accepting blame and our part in the situation. Paul wrote “Brothers and […]
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I have an individual in my life whom I have a love hate relationship with. This individual is a good friend, but on multiple occasions this person has stabbed me in the back, usually by running to my boss about some minor oversight. I wish at times I could escape her, but she lives at my workplace and it is […]
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