About two years ago, I had a strange dream.  This will sound really crazy, but I had this dream of a lifeless body and someone was putting skin on it.  The colors in the dream were bright and vibrant.  It didn’t have a scary feel to it.  Of course, when I woke up, I was thinking, what in the world!  What did I eat before I fell asleep???  Later that day, I ran across this […]

2018 was a hard, hard year for a lot of people.  As I scrolled my newsfeed in the days leading up to 2019, I recognized that for many throughout the body of Christ this was year full of difficulties and trials.  For many, it was tough.  I know it was for me. As tough as it was, this year was the beginning of something beautiful.  This was also a year of refinement and if you […]

Because He said it, I Believe-Part 2: One Encounter with Father’s Heart Changes Everything Before I get into the next installment of this Because He said it series, I want to stop and share with you on a deeper level what this all means to me personally.  As we approach 2019, I am realizing more and more the tension between my feelings and my faith.  I have experienced more pain than I ever thought possible […]

Today marks the beginning of a series I am writing entitled Because He Said it, I Believe.  This series is a reflection of a personal journey I am taking with Jesus and I’d like to invite everyone to come with me on this ride.  This week, I was approached by a sweet woman at the end of church.  We had just listened to a captivating message about Lazarus and how God is calling dead things […]

Recently, I read the book Unashamed by Christine Caine.  In the book, she talks about the rubber band effect of shame.  The enemy of our souls will use anything to try to lead us back into captivity.  There are times that he will attempt to draw us into old patterns of thinking or behavior.  He will try to lead us back to the very things that God has already given us victory over.  Once we […]

This will be the second year we celebrate Thanksgiving without my brother.  Last year at this time, my life looked really different.  Despite the loss of my brother, I was able to enjoy very precious holiday time.  This year, all the circumstances are different. As a result, the holidays look different too.   Not bad, but yes, different.  There are loved ones that won’t share a turkey with me this year.  And, to be honest, that […]

In his book Experiencing the Father’s Embrace, Jack Frost talks about the importance of experiencing, abiding in and giving out the love of the Father.  I would highly recommend this book to anyone.  I am reading it for my third time and it has life-transforming potential.  One day this week I was thinking about some people and situations that I have been praying over for a long while.  Broken people and broken situations.  It should […]

Recently, I had a girl’s night with my best friend and we watched Wonder Woman.  Oh my word.  That movie spoke such volumes to my soul.  There is one particular scene that I’d like to share in this post.  This is the scene in which, against all odds, Wonder Woman crosses No Man’s Land.  No Man’s Land is positioned on the front lines of the battle.  The bad guys are on one side.  The good […]

May your Kingdom come soon.  May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. (Matt. 6:10 NLT) This blog is about the closest thing I have to keeping a diary these days.  Consequently, if you are reading these entries, you are going on a journey with me.  Some of the thoughts I express in these pages are things I have been reflecting on for years.  Sometimes though, the words you read are […]

October 23rd, 2017 will always be a day that stands out in my heart and in my soul.  It was the day that life as I knew it changed forever.  I remember that morning very vividly.  I had just woken up and was still lying in bed when I got a call from my mother.  She was crying.  “I think something happened to your brother.  Dusti called me crying and told me I need to […]