Shortcuts.  Have you ever wanted to take the shortcut before?  The easy way out?  If there was a way to bypass pain and trials and wilderness seasons, you would want to do it…wouldn’t you?  I know I would.  But sometimes there is no shortcut and the only way out is through. Sometimes the hardest thing we could do in our lives is to simply wait on the Lord and put our hope and confidence in […]

I recently came across a quote by Joyce Meyers that said, “We are concerned to pray for little things, but everything is little to God.” I have been walking in relationship with Jesus for almost 20 years and I am still trying to wrap my head around how much God cares about me, even down to the smallest details of my life. It’s easier to understand why He would get involved in the big stuff, […]

Yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness while I am here in the land of the living.  Wait patiently for the Lord.  Be brave and courageous.  Yes, wait patiently for the Lord. (Ps. 27:13-14) For those of you who don’t know, I am 29 years old.  I am about to be 30 next month…mixed feelings about that one, but I digress.  I began my journey with Jesus when I was 10.  Since […]

The title of this post is admittedly strange…you are not an apology?  What the heck does that mean?  This is a phrase that God gave me to describe a phenomenon we may experience in seasons of our lives that is a direct product of shame.  We may not realize that it is shame, but if you look closely, you’ll see shame written all over it. There are times we make mistakes in life.  Some of […]

Sometimes you may lose your way. And sometimes life may catch you by surprise. It’s all right to cry- but don’t give up. Take a deep breath, summon your courage and wriggle free! And if you need to hide away for a bit, then do. Hold tight, until you’re ready to face the world again. The Tale of You –Beatrix Potter Strength is described in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as the capacity for exertion or endurance, […]

A little over a year ago, I had a dream that caught my attention.  I dreamt that I was on a school bus with a group of young adults.  I had a workbook with me that I stored on an overhead shelf.  It was a theological workbook and it was heavy, difficult and intense.  As we were on our travels, I discovered my workbook was stolen.  We arrived at the school and I was very […]

Now that I’m back to blogging, I have a lot to catch you all up on.  Although I have described, more or less, the events I have been through over the past several months in my previous entry, there are so many thoughts and ideas and lessons learned that I’d like to explore through my writing.  Consequently, I expect that many of my blog posts in the days and months to come may touch on […]

After a long hiatus, I’m back!  What took me so long?  Well, it’s kind of a long story, but one I will attempt to tackle in this post. Those that know me, or have been following my blog, knew that this year was full of transitions for me.  In October, I lost my brother and shortly after that I was engaged.  I transitioned churches and began making preparations to start a new ministry, etc.  Then, […]

Recently, I read the book Without Rival by Lisa Bevere.  Without Rival highlights the destructive nature of comparison and points to Father God, who loves us all uniquely and individually.  I read this book because there have been seasons in my life that I have struggled with the tendency to compare myself to others and measure myself up against those around me. As I read the last page of the book, however, there was another […]

Therefore, since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience, God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.”  This he did a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” (Heb. 4:6-7) I have a hard time […]