When you look into the eyes of that special “someone” and say, “I love you;” no doubt, you mean it with all your heart. Your past understanding of love gives you the present confidence to utter words that you believe will hold true in the future. In that moment, you can’t imagine the changes your love will endure over the …
Opportune Moments
“Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans,” said John Lennon. Well, I would never call it Scripture, but it’s certainly true. I was an active mother of two teen girls and a pastor’s wife with a busy speaking ministry of my own. Fibromyalgia had reduced my crazy-meter two clicks below hysterics, but my family and I were …
Chosen For The Team
I hated recess when I was a kid. Mostly because I was always picked last for those old playground games. Do you remember games like kickball, wiffle ball and freeze-tag? Just name the team game, and I was bad at it. However, there was one game at which I excelled. Red-Rover. Oh, ya. For those of you unfamiliar with this …
Maintaining the Mystery
I hate surprises. It’s a weakness. My family knows better than to throw a party or try to shower me with gifts. I like predictable. I enjoy looking forward to an event, anticipating the joy leading up to the celebration. But I gotta admit— my family pulled-off a doozy when my debut novel released. We had planned to go to …
THE ME I’M MEANT TO BE
Becoming a Christian makes us a new creation in Christ, but it doesn’t necessarily change our personality. An extroverted atheist becomes an extroverted Christian. A contemplative agnostic becomes a contemplative Christ-follower. I suppose there are always exceptions to any rule, so if you’re one of those that did sort of a Jekyll and Hyde when you became a believer, post …
