Sometimes I find it so easy to let my “used to be” (you know, the me without God) speak to who I am now.  I wallow in my shame, sadness and loss.  That’s not the greif that God desires for us or that Jesus made possible for us.  Again, that’s the old way and the [...]

I received the following in an email from my mother this morning . . .
The next time you feel like GOD can’t use YOU, just remember…

Noah was a drunk
Abraham was too old
Isaac was a daydreamer
Jacob was a liar
Leah was ugly
Joseph was abused
Moses had a stuttering problem
Gideon was afraid
Sampson had long hair and was a womanizer
Rahab [...]

In 2010 there are a few goals that I have – some are personal and some are God goals.  God has put on my heart and in my mind, “Prayer”.   He has been working on me for a while in this area . . . last year I listened to a series by John Eldredge [...]

Happy New Year!!!   I pray this is an amazing year for you and the people who love you!
I think it’s gonna be a year of new . . .
New thoughts
New friends
New beginnings
Come on, it’s a whole new decade and God’s gonna do some amazing stuff!

Representing God to the world.   Now that’s a task.  I was listening to a message from Francis Chan about grace and he said:
Even though I may say he’s a God of grace, if I don’t represent him and show grace to everyone, I’m giving a distorted picture of God.
When I first heard that statement I [...]

Every once in a while I will share more about me and my family so this becomes more of a community.  Today I want to share about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.  My guess is you have no idea what it really is and it brings Memorial Day Weekend & Jerry Lewis to mind.  After reading this, [...]

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.  – 2 Corinthians 4:8-10
This was the key [...]

I so want to be healed, to process/understand my feelings and how they relate to how I act . . . I’m really good at intellectualizing my feelings instead of feeling them. In some ways, it feels like another new journey.
I’ve been listening to a Michael Knott song lately, “This is [...]

As I think about the different factors that led me off the path God has been showing me it’s easier to speak to the externals (isn’t that always the case?), so I will force myself to deal with the internals first.
The work required towards healing wounds and walking the path God intends can be tiring, [...]

…baby step onto the elevator… baby step into the elevator… I’m *in* the elevator. [doors close] AHHHHHHHHHHHH! – Bob Wiley; character in “What about Bob?“
Just as we learned in the movie “What About Bob?”, there are steps we need to take to make changes in our lives. Often, just taking that [...]