How Many Can We Save?

How Many Can We Save?

Women were created to be the protectors of life. We carry within us the genetic code to not only sustain life for nine months, but to also protect that life at all costs. We are fierce guardians that will do whatever it takes to keep our children safe.  A few weeks...
Those Who Wait

Those Who Wait

I woke up today feeling disappointed. I thought things would be different right now in my life but I keep finding myself knee deep in impossible situations with no solution in sight.  I can feel the brokenness of my heart threatening to choke off my air supply. The...
Escaping the Comparison Trap

Escaping the Comparison Trap

I walked into the room and my heart sank. I could feel the icy pull of jealousy and envy twisting at my heart again. Am I really going to go here again?? I thought I was over this- I thought I had outgrown the childish need to compare myself to the prettiest or most...
You Are Valuable

You Are Valuable

Lately I’ve noticed a struggle emerging in me to dwell on my faults and weaknesses, almost to the point that it’s debilitating. I don’t know if you can relate but it’s just too easy to get caught up in all of the things that we aren’t. For me that looks like this: I’m...
Don’t Throw in the Towel

Don’t Throw in the Towel

Sometimes I feel like throwing in the towel and just saying ‘Who cares’ at the top of my lungs!! Especially on those days when the stress and pressure of just being alive mount on top of me like a bowling ball. You know those days where you need a financial miracle...
When the Apology Never Comes

When the Apology Never Comes

I’ve learned the hard way to stop expecting apologies from people that hurt me. It’s hasn’t been easy, but I found that my life is less stressful when I just move on and put the whole thing in God’s hands. The truth is life is short and I don’t have time to keep tabs...
The Lies We Believe

The Lies We Believe

I’m convinced that one lie believed can sneak into our minds, set up camp, and eventually create destruction in our lives. Our enemy is constantly pumping lies into the sound waves, hoping we will accept them as truth so that he can get a foot hold in our minds. I...
Faith It

Faith It

  Are you one of those people blessed with a splendid imagination?? The kind that can create a storyline out of a piece of used dental floss on the floor?? I am……..and sometimes I just want to slap myself for it.    Oh sure, it’s fun when you were a kid to...
YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAVE THE WORLD

YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAVE THE WORLD

Do you ever feel like you are drowning? Not in a literal ocean, but maybe an ocean of laundry, to-do lists, errands, obligations and just plain old life?? And if just one more requests is made of you, you might sink to to the bottom of the abyss to never return??   I...
Get Off the Roller Coaster

Get Off the Roller Coaster

Tick tock…..tick tock…..tick tock…..The minutes turn to hours and the hours to days and you wake up one day and it’s been two decades. 20 years since God gave you a promise. 20 years since you felt hopeful about a dream, mended relationship, restored child, etc. 20...