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I don’t talk about it too much. But when I do, others often nod their heads in understanding. They nod because they’ve been there. They’ve felt the dark, dreary pit void of hope. They’ve sat on a cold, dark, careless floor, staring at a rung-less ladder. They’ve experienced depression. My dance with depression, undiagnosed clinically but…
My finger pressed against the end of the hose. The water spray arched toward the sky. It reached and reached until it could reach no more, it glistens falling to the ground. All strength was spent. But, the plants were watered. Standing there, watering like my daily habit did, I suddenly realized… I’m watering a dead tree. What…
Do you use a measuring stick? You know ~ to measure your worth? Do you inch away value like ticks on a ruler, comparing yourself to “her” good, this one’s better, and that one’s best? Mmmm. (I’m nodding my head here.) Many of us have. But does God? Does He stretch us against other gals,…
It’s just how it is. It’s just how I am. ~ Emotional ~ Sometimes out of control That’s me, and I’ll never change. Those thoughts rounded the corner of my own 20 and 30-something mind more than once – far too often. Feeling “less than” became reality simply because I couldn’t seem to reel in the…
Do you know God’s name – His many names? Have you discovered the power in the names of God? Have you dug deep into their meaning, searched the scriptures, interwoven their syllables within the fabric of your own life? There’s something to those names – His names. Wendy Blight knows that. An encounter with a friend…
One More Step Does discouragement ever strike you? Maybe it brings you low? How about out-of-control circumstances, are they causing life to spin? Do you feel like giving up at times? (Sigh) I get you. Rachel Wojo does, too. She faced discouragement in the midst of a broken marriage, watched as a terminal diagnosis…
Lord, why is this transition so hard? In our many military moves, that question has often simmered. Moving or transition of any type often isn’t easy. Just ask Lot’s wife. And with our latest move to Oklahoma, a beautiful land with wide-open skies that remains a bit foreign even after 18 months of residency, I’ve pondered…
“…courage is the strength and conviction that something else is more important than the fear we have.” ~ Danise Jurado Those words draped the opening page of the “Courage” chapter located deep in the heart of Danise Jurado’s newly released book, Fulfilled: Learning to Live the Life God Promised. The words spoke. Faith, having the courage to…