I have a problem. Realizing I have a problem was not easy for me. From the outside looking in, I’ve always been the girl who had it all together. I had a plan and nothing would veer me away from it. Control over people, situations, and outcomes is the tool I used to cope with …
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Adult children — a conundrum, no? I’m not sure when I crossed over from Parenting Those Little Ones Who Obviously Need All the Help They Can Get — to — I’m Still Your Parent But I Guess You Don’t Really Want To Hear Every Wise Thought That Crosses My Brain. What happened? And when? For …
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Desperate for Love: A Testimony
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean unto your own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5) Sometimes we think we know what’s best for ourselves and our lives or we think we have all the answers, when the reality is, we don’t; but God does. God knows what our needs and wants are– sometimes …
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Seven “Nevers” in Scripture
As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you… (Isaiah 66:13) All of my kids were what I call “blanket babies”. Each of them practically since they came out of the womb have had a special blanket that is like a literal extension of their bodies. When my youngest was around twelve months …
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Striving vs. Abiding: Finding Intimacy with Christ
To be, or not to be? No. That is not the question. To DO, or to be? Now THAT is the question. I’m sharing the moment when God identified a surprising struggle in me–in an area I thought was a strength of mine! I am goal-oriented… to a fault. I run hard after good things, …
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You Always Have and Do Matter
Dear one — I hear the fears running through your mind, I feel the iron grip that your strongholds have on you. It hurts, beloved. It hurts so much, I know. Those words, they cut so deep and the wound just does not heal. That person having left and gone, it hurts and your soul …
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