Encouraging Women to Passionately Pursue God
Have you ever been verbally assaulted? Maybe you were frozen in shock. Maybe you couldn’t excuse the behavior but could offer a little grace, like, “she’s crazy stressed and doesn’t realize how awful those words are.” Maybe, like me, you desperately wanted to defend yourself, or call the person out, but took a deep breath…
Do you ever feel such a spiritual high and think, I am getting so much closer to God to then plummet down to the depths of despair when you realize I failed again? Our Bibles are filled with heroes doing just that. Sometimes it’s easy to judge them. Sometimes it’s easy to become them. All…
“Great is thy faithfulness, great is thy faithfulness. Morning by morning new mercies I see.” Lamentations 3:23 That refrain repeatedly played in my head. Faithfulness. God is always faithful. Even when circumstances might suggest otherwise. I bet you have lived it. I know I sure have. And in Genesis 37-50, we read that Joseph had….
Have you ever excitedly shared a new-to-you Biblical revelation to have it brushed off? Have you pulled all-nighters ministering to teens at a lock-in to have them snooze through the devos? Have those you cared deeply about just not been interested in faith? When we witness to anyone, our words, attitudes and actions are like…
“Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye.” The childhood version of “I promise.” That words won’t fail. But sometimes, humans do fail to follow through on our promises. And, if you’ve ever been hurt by a broken vow, you may start to doubt God’s promises. When our experience has…
I assessed the eighteen-year-old young man before me. Adam was his name, He had met my seventeen-year-old daughter at a Christian conference the summer before. Although he lived over two hours away, he drove to our home almost every weekend to date our over-the-moon teenager. Now, he had found a job, a career, and was…
In my early thirties, I experienced a heart-wrenching diagnosis: stage 3 cancer. I needed four surgeries, five months of hard chemo, 28 radiation treatments, and a full year of IV drug therapy. Altogether, my treatment lasted over 15 months. But please don’t think, “poor her”. God was unbelievably gracious during that entire journey. Through that…
Recently, I was blessed to watch God provide for a family member. This unit was putting faith in Him, making the best decisions they knew how, and asking for His guidance with many variables along the way. And, as always, God came through. As my loved ones marveled at what God did, I encouraged, “write…
How do you feel on vacation? Recently, hubby and I found ourselves in our nation’s capital for the week leading up to Independence Day. We decided to download an app to use the public transportation system. We were determined to navigate as a local. But we are not used to city life! We made…
“Which do you want to wear?” I held two preselected outfits for my preschool diva to choose. She would study them both and then pick one. My morning would go better and faster if I narrowed down the selection. She would happily choose what she would wear that day. God gives you and me many…