Our office has eight women, and depending on the day can be quiet or noisy depending on what each of us is doing when we are in the office. When the coworker behind me said something to me I immediately responded. She laughed. I pulled my ear buds out to see what was so funny.... Continue Reading →
In exasperation I place my hand on my hip, ready to allow the venom of my words to flow as my eyes meet the countertop of dirty dishes that were not there when I went to sleep just five hours before. I take a deep breath in and slowly exhale releasing my frustration. The night before... Continue Reading →
My heart started to race. It felt as if it would leap from my chest. Heat flooded my body. My breath came quicker and was more shallow. Maybe i needed to hear it again, I heard it wrong. I went back to my phone and played it again. "you will give an account on... Continue Reading →
I think we see what we have and what others don’t, but do we really stop and think about it? Do we really see the difference? Do we see that our community is weighted with suffering and burdened with injustice? Do we see that while we recklessly spend money on material goods for the sake... Continue Reading →
We are instructed to wait on God, and go into the world. Somewhere we got our waiting confused with the command to go. We spend so much time "going for God" we are missing what God commanded us to do. We forget to go to the lost and to go into... Continue Reading →
In the social work profession, I am trained in strengths perspective. This perspective is about focusing on the strengths and abilities rather than deficits. I can typically find strengths in the most difficult of circumstances. Most people have a hard time seeing their strengths. However, they can tell you in great length their faults. Most... Continue Reading →
I have the mind of Christ... I slowly back away from this thought. I pick up my phone and distract myself with social media, even though this is my quiet time. Scrolling mindlessly, my mind floods with the contradiction. The version I am reading starts with "How could He?" This is what I most relate... Continue Reading →
Scripture- How could he? For certainly he has never been one to know the Lord’s thoughts, or to discuss them with him, or to move the hands of God by prayer. But, strange as it seems, we Christians actually do have within us a portion of the very thoughts and mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians... Continue Reading →
Have you ever been just traveling along life's merry way, minding your own business, maybe knowing something was a little off, but not making too big of a deal about it. Being in a funk, but not being able to pinpoint anything that is particularly wrong. This season too shall pass you tell yourself. Then... Continue Reading →
“Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn’t they say, ‘The Lord brought us up out of Egypt’? But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.” Judges 6:13 NLT... Continue Reading →
