I don’t know how to improve. Is God’s grace really for me – such a mess up? How could God ever save me when I’m acting like this? Will He really change me, or the situation I’ve found myself in? Friends, yesterday I was so deep in a pit of stinking thinking, I could no longer see God’s faithfulness. It was bad. God seemed far. Self-condemnation was near. I was getting everything all wrong. I was thinking all wrong and I knew it. I’m a bad wife. I’m not loving my kids well. I haven’t made good decisions. I am letting people down. A heavy weight of sadness was…
Deeply Concerned
“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…
My Story, Our Table: A Community in the Making
I am on a grand adventure with the sweetest woman, Patsy Weaver. She is kind, insightful and fiercely devoted to the Lord. Her heart is to build relationships with other so that she can serve them and see them either come to know Jesus or learn to know Him better. Today I’d like to share her account of how My Story, Our Table began. “When a friend from my neighborhood life group began to share with me that the Lord had given her a vision about opening a restaurant in downtown Sapulpa, I began to pray. Another friend came along side her and they opened, My Table Restaurant. It was their…
But First, The Hard Work
I had the opportunity to sit down with a dear friend recently and just decompress. December had been a hard month for me and I was wrestling with so many emotions. I just needed a sounding board, someone to listen and help me clear through the emotional and mental clutter to find the truth. Have you ever been there? I am so grateful God gives us sisters in Christ!! I don’t know about you, but whenever I get an assignment or put on a project, I want to jump to the good part. The part where women are being blessed and ministered to by the results of my efforts. I…
