As a writer, I deeply questioned intentionally misspelling a word in my title. But I realized, after a lot of back and forth, that I absolutely had to. You may remember my post from two weeks ago, A Weary Spirit. We’ve been hit with a lot of little things this summer, and the list of things has continued […] Read more…
Faith
Act in Love – Not Only in Words
Hold your tongue. Watch your mouth. If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. These are things we heard all the time as children, and likely, if you are a parent as I am, you are now saying them every day yourself. We often hear a lot about […] Read more…
A Weary Spirit
Can I have an honest moment with you? Have you ever felt so overwhelmed, so burnt out, that even the ice cream isle taunts you with stressful decisions? That was me last week. Friday, I paced the ice cream isle for almost 10 minutes. I nearly burst into tears because I couldn’t decide just how I […] Read more…
Spread Love Like Fire
Picture this, if you will; a large field of dry brush, in a drought. It is lacking nutrients, attention, and care. It is hurting and dying, ripe for a forest fire. Now imagine this is our world. These are our people. You don’t actually have to imagine it. There are people all around us suffering, hurting, in […] Read more…
Forgive Anyway
People are imperfect. We just are. People will hurt you. Some might hurt you intentionally, without remorse. Some might hurt you unintentionally, over and over, unaware or oblivious of the consequences of their actions. Some of those same people just plain and simply cannot emotionally handle the responsibility of your pain. What do I mean by […] Read more…
God is your Resource
We are on vacation this week (yay!), and had the pleasure of listening to a live sermon from North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, GA, from their website. They had a guest speaker this week with a powerful message titled, Just Be You, which I would strongly encourage you to watch. With the Fourth of July around […] Read more…