I recently sat down with a dear friend for lunch and to catch up on what’s been going on in each other’s lives. The first thing I want to say is I am so thankful for God given friends that are still friends across the gaps of time and distance. Secondly, I have so many friend’s right now that have felt the call of God to ministry and who are questioning how and striving to make it work, so when Lisa shared her story about how God is orchestrating her ministry, I just knew that other people need to hear about it too. When Lisa sent her article to me,…
Made For Battle
As Christians, we are made for battle. God’s word tells us clearly that we will have trials and tribulations, or in today’s vernacular, challenges and struggles. And most of us we experience the battle to maintain hope and overcome in multiple areas of our life often all at the same time. That is why it is so important that we be prepared. “Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything to stand firm.” Ephesians 6:13 The enemy can NOT win unless we give up, however, sometimes we don’t throw in the towel but we…
Toe Tappin’ Trifecta
We all have those days where everything just seems to go wrong. Something broke, you can’t find your keys, you miss a loved one, a friend unintentionally hurt your feelings, all your hard work at trying to reach a goal seems unproductive, your kiddos got sick, and the list goes on, and on, and on. When you start to feel discouraged, it’s time to put on the pick me up songs and remind yourself of both who you are and whose you are as a child of God. Not sure which songs to pick? No problem, I have got you covered with three of my current favorites! Let’s start with…
A Way of Escape
Have you ever felt like you were being led to be brave, step out and do something new? Maybe you sensed the leading of the Holy Spirit to serve God in a new way or new ministry opportunities presented themselves; or maybe just new opportunities even, a new job, a new home, any new territory God is opening up to you. The excitement wells up within you as you begin to see all of the possibilities. You pray, listen, ask others to pray & listen. You feel a sense of confirmation and you embark on this new journey before you. Then all of the sudden, out of seemingly nowhere, challenges…
Cake Walks & Christianity
Have you ever been to a school carnival? You know the kind where there are lots of games, lots of kiddos, lots of laughter. These events are usually organized as fund-raisers so parents are spending money for tickets to play games where you might win some dime store trinket. It’s all in good fun and all for a good cause, even if the prizes are some what underwhelming. But, if you get lucky, there might just be cake walk. It’s a lot fun and oh so easy, win or lose, to listen to some upbeat music and try to land on a winning space as you walk in circles. It…
A Time To Dream
The best is yet to come!! Good Morning, I just wanted to take just a moment to share that my testimony will air today! You can find it in the following places: Fishbowl Radio today (7/5) at noon and Sunday 7/8 at 3:00pm, click here. WRNO Worldwide Monday 7/9 at 8:00pm, click here. It was such a prvilege to be able to share even though I touched on some challenging memories. God can redeem everything that touches our life if we will just allow Him. If you listen and you have ever experienced something similar, please know God can bring you to a place of healing. If you want to…
Welcome to Being Remade
No Olympic athlete ever won a medal by only practicing when they felt like it. No successful company presidents or CEO’s ever got their position by showing up to work only when it was easy. No one has ever accomplished anything without first taking this one action: submitting themselves to the process of being remade. They chose to remake their schedules, priorities, habits and thought processes in order to do something new. Likewise, if we want to reach a goal, do a new thing or have our lives transformed, we first have to commit ourselves to the process of change. When we choose to submit our lives to a process…
Are We There Yet?
If you’ve ever been on a trip with a child of almost any age, you are probably familiar with the questions: “Are we there yet?”, “Will we be there soon?”, and “How much longer until we get there?” Maybe you remember asking those questions yourself when you were a young. For some reason, even from an early age, we tend to develop an expectation that everything will be better when we arrive at our destination. I carried this expectation into my everyday life thinking that my identity would be found in the next phase of life I arrived at. My first big expectation was that I would arrive at the…
I May Have Been…
I may have been a child of divorced parents, But now I am a daughter of the King of Kings I may have been a victim of childhood abuse, But now I am victorious in Christ. I may have been a captive of fear, But now I am free in the power of the Holy Spirit. I may have been overwhelmed by life’s circumstances, But now I am at peace in the hands of the sovereign Lord. I may have been beaten down and broken, But now I am being remade beautifully by God’s grace. My entire life has been full of challenges but for the last almost 20…
A Homecoming Nomination
When my son was a senior year in high school he was a part of the marching band, served on the loading crew, participated on UIL teams, and was the Debate Club President. In many ways, he was not unlike his peers, and I am delighted that he found so many activities that he enjoyed and so many places where he belonged. In spite of his many activities, I was quite surprised and excited to find out that he had been selected as a nominee for Homecoming King. I certainly did not expect even the possibility of it. It is probably safe to say that most, if not all, parents…
