“You are weirdly excited” are the words my husband uttered as I set up this cute little power lift recliner in my bedroom. I had gotten the chair in preparation for the recovery from a complete open heart surgery. He was deeply concerned about the impending procedure and didn’t understand why I had such a peace and hopeful expectation for the outcome. I get it, my response was unusual. Let me back up to the beginning to explain. One fall day in 2017, I was doing some house cleaning when my chest began to hurt. My upper and mid back also began to hurt. And then it became painful…
Ministry News: Wrestling With God
In my post Just Call Me Martha, I shared with you my propensity to be driven by the need to get things done over my ability to sit at Jesus feet and listen. I must admit this is a struggle for me, something I need to wrestle through. And as I think about wrestling, I am reminded of Jacob’s experience with the Lord. I find the way the Jacob’s story of wrestling with the Lord is recounted in Hosea 12:3-6 reminds me of my own struggle. 3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And in his maturity he contended with God. 4Yes, he wrestled with the…
Summer With Mobile Missions
What a summer it has been! Busy and full, nostalgic and adventurous. From a senior trip vacation with my youngest to helping serve with Mobile Missions Network for my first season of missions camps, I’ve learned so much. On vacation I was reminded that I am not who I used to be, and really, that’s a good thing. I use to be a lost soul looking for fulfillment and completion in romantic relationships, not knowing who I really was or how to be who I was created to be. I didn’t even know what I didn’t know. Thankfully, God is full of grace and pursued me until I surrendered my…
Undisclosed: Sexual Abuse Awareness
The recent reported moral failure by Christianity Today within the Southern Baptist Convention’s former leadership is absolutely heart wrenching. The National Center for Victims of Crime reports that approximately 1 in 5 girls are subjected to childhood sexual abuse. The number is based on cases that are disclosed. Many cases go undisclosed so this statistic is bound to be on the low side. The National Sexual Violence Resource Center states that an astounding 81% of women report experiencing some sort of sexual abuse, assault or harassment. Eighty-one percent is mind boggling. A list of effects of sexual abuse include depression, isolation, hyper-independence, substance abuse, mental illness,…
