Love: The Solution to Snap Judgement
Instead of clinging to our negative judgments of others, let’s allow the love of Jesus to guide our relationship with them. Let’s look for common grounds and ways to engage them.
Crisis of Faith?
Do you ever feel bombarded on every side and so many voices competing for your attention? Your faith tested? You’re not alone. Our souls are sensitive to forces outside of our control. The news sparks fear, the pandemic questions our health, and the political...
God is Still Writing Your Story
By the age of 19, I was a single mom of two girls on welfare, working a full-time job, all while trying to pursue my bachelor's degree. At the same time, I was battling with a broken heart and the impacts of obesity. I was at my heaviest weight ever and had just...
Letting Go So You Can Live
As I was lying there covered in dirt and the wind knocked out of me, I heard a voice whisper, “Are you finally done?” I never thought the day would come that I would allow anger, hatred, and bitterness to drive me to involve myself in a physical altercation. Yes,...
#God is Still Writing Your Story
2020 truly became an eye-opening year for many. We embarked on a global pandemic, watched as racial injustices were on the forefront of our television screens and social media feeds, and let us not forget the political tensions interwoven between it all. 2020 was a...
Staying Surrendered in Your Suffering
If you were given one line to describe your life, what would it say? In the Bible, Jesus says there is a cross for each of us to carry in life. We are called to be a living sacrifice. In your one-sentence summary would we read about your relevance with people or about the rejection you faced for the sake of Christ? Would we hear about your resilience or about how you relied on Jesus to help you carry the cross? Cross-examining our lives with the Bible helps us act on opportunities from an eternal perspective.
#God is Still Writing Your Story
The Difference Intervention Makes. If the Lord hadn’t intervened, this story would have been one line: Mother and child found dead behind government quarters, February 13, 1955. If Providence had not intervened, the story would be teen found in the alley – last...
Where is Your Rest?
Rest! The soul who finds her rest in the Lord know the true value of rest. The restless soul yearns for it. In His presence peace begets peace. It’s more than a refreshing breeze on your brow, it’s a deep breath of contentment, assurance, and in the holy hush,...
#God is Still Writing Your Story
Opportunities to grow and change for the better in 2021. 2020 was filled with unusual challenges but it also had opportunities for growth. A year ago, life took an unexpected turn for many of us. We weren’t sure how things were going to work out with...
Living Surrendered to God – What Does it Really Mean?
We hear the word surrender in the Christian world often. But what does it really mean? Is it the same surrender we learn about in history class? The surrender that means to give up? If so, why would a Christian choose to do something associated with weakness?...
God is Still Writing Your Story
A Ministry to Orphans. My adulthood probably followed the same path as most of you. After college, I married my high school sweetheart, began my career, and started a family. Life was good. September 1993 rolled around, and I gave birth to my third child, our son...
5 Benefits of Family Dinners
Have you ever to get everyone at the table for family dinner? It was almost like herding sheep to get our three children to wash their hands, set the table, and sit down ready for another to connect and share about our day. When our family would sit down together...