Love One Another The Bible reading today was 1John 4 and as I was reading the song popped into my head. You know the one - from Sunday school or VBS. "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God. He that... Continue Reading →
Whose Reflection Would You See? Have you noticed that sometimes on social media posts the images are reversed? It's because the person posting wants you to see them the way they see themselves in the mirror. We are used to seeing ourselves one way and, since we are trying to make ourselves look our best,... Continue Reading →
Where Are You Looking? Can you imagine running a race without knowing where the finish line is? You'd be running just to run. Motion isn't necessarily movement. You could be running in circles. In Philippians 3:13-14 Paul says, "13Â Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one... Continue Reading →
God Grief You probably thought that was a typo. It wasn't. In the past two weeks, the most comforting thing that happened while trying to wrap my head around putting my best friend to rest was the realization that God understands our grief. Before the casket closed, and I saw my best friend's physical face... Continue Reading →
Box O' Donuts Pouring my heart out to God this morning, I was feeling empty. Sometimes as a parent, I look back and think about the things I didn't get right, ways in which I failed, or worries I have about my now-grown children. Suddenly, the lyrics to a song kept replaying in my head.... Continue Reading →
Unclaimed We've all seen the ads -Â You or a family member may have money waiting for you! Check the IRS unclaimed funds page today. You may have even checked your name against the government records. The funds are there from old escrow accounts, security payments, and a host of other things. The money is there... Continue Reading →
Memory Two of the most common concepts in the bible are forgetfulness and remembrance. Thematically, it's more like: when we forget God, our lives spiral downward, but when we remember Him, we are restored. This pattern is played out over and over again from the Old Testament to New. "Why does He even love them?"... Continue Reading →
Motherhood The Amazing and crazy thing about motherhood is that you can feel your children when they aren't there. I can be going through my day and suddenly feel disquieted in my heart, listless, lost, sad, or anxious. Thinking about what's wrong will pretty quickly determine if it is a feeling born of my current... Continue Reading →
Claiming Your  Vision Something odd happened to me in the last couple of years. I had always had better than 20/20 vision. I could usually see more than anyone around me. It was actually a point of pride as silly as that seems. I loved seeing the details on trees on the mountaintops across the... Continue Reading →
Trust There is a famous clip of rapper, DMX, talking about trust. He says that in order to be around all kinds of people, you need to trust them to be who they are. Trust a snake to be a snake, trust someone solid to be solid. It has always stuck with me because it... Continue Reading →
A Good Stretch If you're anything like me, you need a good stretch once in a while. Sometimes I'll stretch my calves on the way up the stairs, on a fence, or handrail while I'm walking. Other times it's before I even get out of bed just hips and thighs, cracking my back or arms... Continue Reading →
You Need A Bigger Pot The other day while I was out walking and praying, I started having a conversation with God as I sometimes do mid-prayer. It's kind of rambling and the things that I need to do that day start filtering in and I thought about the plants I have growing outside. There... Continue Reading →
