Have you ever felt off course? I know I have. When I have felt off course I know at some point there was a loss of connection and somehow, somewhere, there was a disconnect spiritually.

Sisters hold a bond stronger than glue. I am the oldest of three girls. To say we are close would be an understatement! My mother always told us that we were one another’s’ greatest friends and treasures.

Sometimes I cannot wrap my head around grace. Being able to receive it feels like trying to catch a firefly: I see it glistening in the darkness, and I long to capture it in my hands and call the beautiful thing my own…

The enemy loves to try to tell us who we are.

He insidiously sneaks into our mind. Tainting our thoughts, he attempts to turn them from truth into lies.

Lies that tell us we are insignificant, inadequate, insufficient, incompetent, and insecure.

“Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19

We, in the church, often use this verse at the beginning of a new season or a new year. 

I sat down nervously looking around the room, watching the women begin to take their seats at the table. A few of them I knew personally, but many of them I knew by reputation only. Pastor’s wives,

Grace and Truth.

I love these words, “and then they lived happily ever after,” just like a good Hallmark movie.

I remember the moment vividly. I was sitting at my desk contemplating how to fix what seemed like an impossible problem. Feelings of fear and uncertainty mixed with a sense of urgency, pressuring me to make a choice….

I love the mountains. Their endless beauty is astounding! Sitting high above a region and seeing the depths below proves our significance and our insignificance…

“If only I had this instead of that… “

Isn’t this what’s going through our minds at times?

We say to ourselves, “If only I had that job instead of this job,” “Why do I have to deal with this sickness instead of living with full health?”

Several weeks ago, the cul-de-sac and incoming street where we live was getting resurfaced. The resurfacing project was preceded by a well-laid plan…

The Bible says that in the last days, the love of many will grow cold because of the increase of wickedness (Matthew 24:12). In these days that we are living in, it can be very easy to forsake love.

Ahh…summer!

Lately, it has been really hot, and I find myself seeking shelter in the air-conditioned house! I find that I am more thirty too!

I have an object lesson in my mind as I write these words. It’s a picture that I strive to remember as I navigate relationships in my life.

As I was preparing for a week's vacation, like many of you, I was facing some deadlines before leaving.  One of those was videotaping a sermon for a ministry in Zambia. Finishing up my notes on Tuesday evening….

One of my favorite parts of being a counselor is being educated. Not in the sense of earning degrees and certifications from higher education facilities. Nope. Not that kind of educated. I’m talking about when a teenager schools me on the current lingo.