I never imagined that I would be the one to land in the hospital with covid and yet this past September, that is exactly where I found myself. The doctors didn’t paint a pretty picture and seemed to be fairly concerned. I know my family was horribly worried about me and I understood why. Even as I was in the hospital, several people we knew were in hospitals across the US, fighting for their lives with this nasty virus. And a few of them lost the battle. Men and women of great faith, gone too soon. I’m not sure if it was naivety or faith or some combination of the…
A Name to Be Thankful For
I will thank the LORD for his righteousness. I will sing about the name of the LORD Most High. Psalms 7:17 Recently, as I was reading my Bible, my attention was drawn to the way God was introducing Himself to people by using various names. The names He chose to introduce Himself were characteristic of both His nature and His activity in their lives at that moment. The story of Hagar in Genesis 16 particularly stood out to me. She was a slave of Abram and Sarai and pregnant with Abram’s child because they got impatient concerning God’s promise to give them a child of their own. Sarai had been…
She Rises Review, Part Two
As I mentioned in the last post, Cherry and I thought it would be a good idea to take the time to review what we have learned so far this year. If you are new to our She Rises Facebook Group this is an opportunity for you to catch up on what we have been discussing the past six months. And if you have been with us for the entire journey, the review will help it better settle in your long term memory. In our last blog post we reviewed the following: A woman who rises is one who is engaged. A woman who rises is available. A woman who…
A Woman Who Rises is One Who Forgives, Pt. 2
Have you ever thought of forgiving as a spiritual discipline? Spiritual disciplines are habits or practices designed to develop our inner being and help us to become more like Christ. We can certainly make it our regular practice to forgive rather than hold on to offenses. Let’s face it, people regularly say or do things that hurt us or make us angry. However, we can refuse to allow the offense to have any control over us by forgiving the offender and leaving the issue between them and God. Once I began to seek Christ’s healing of my emotional wounds and forgiving those who had caused trauma in my life, I…
