Mental Health Meets Faith
A little over two weeks ago, I began leading a women’s Bible Study for my church based on the book Fervent by Priscilla Shirer. The book’s focus is how, as women, we can become more strategic and deliberate about prayer. It’s a book I enjoyed reading for myself and have been enjoying reading with the ladies at church as well. In the first chapter of the book, the author points out that many of us […]
Recently, I returned from a trip to Kona, Hawaii where I served as a part of the Missions Builders Program at Youth with a Mission’s (YWAM) University of the Nations. For the next several weeks, my blog posts will focus on all that God spoke to my heart during my time there. One particular night in Kona, as I was lying in bed, I began to fade into that fuzzy place between wakefulness and sleep. […]
Do you ever have those perfect storm moments in life? Those moments when everything seems to come crashing down all at once? I have experienced several of those moments over the course of my life. God reminded me recently of one particular time I struggled through a perfect storm. I came home one night and crawled into my bed. As I tossed and turned through the night, in the middle ground between sleep and consciousness, […]
“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.” Luke 15:20 Not too long ago, I watched Finding Dory for the first time. I live with my pastors and their two ridiculously cute children. So, I get lots of opportunities to watch kids movies and I love them. It might sound […]
At one point several months ago, I was talking with a friend about seasons of waiting. All of us can relate to the feeling of waiting on God for answers to prayers that as of yet, go unanswered, or at least as far as we can tell. These seasons can be long and painful. Wrestling with physical and emotional pain, unmet longings and unfulfilled dreams for prolonged periods of time can wear on us and […]
For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create dry rivers in the wasteland. (Isa. 43:19) The first day of spring this year fell on March 20th. I am the kind of person who loathes winter. People have tried to explain to me the benefits of winter, but to me it’s dark, cold, snowy and […]
Demolition or Restoration? A couple of weeks before the start of 2017, I was praying about some circumstances on my way to work. It was one of those fervent, desperate types of prayers. I looked over and saw right in front of me a big white truck, upon which was written, “Restoration. Recovery. Reconstruction.” I felt in my spirit that God was saying that this is the work he is doing in my life and […]
I recently went through a season of my life when I cannot read enough about hope. I couldn’t hear enough sermons on hope…what hope in God looks like, how it operates in my life and how I can experience it. When faced with circumstances that seem hopeless, it is a good time to dig your heels into the hope that God offers to the best of your ability and then allow the Holy Spirit to […]
Months ago, I had an epiphany while I was sitting on my couch eating my dinner. I had just gotten home from work and settled down in my empty house. I started to reflect on some difficult life stuff. Unasked for and uninvited, some painful memories intruded my thoughts and I immediately felt a sharp sting of pain and discouragement. I think we can all agree that there are certain things we go through in […]
I am a person that loves to rest. I love taking bubble baths and naps and curling up with a book on the couch. I recently took a long break from several undertakings to rest and do some healthy self-evaluation. I am realizing though that just because I’m not doing anything doesn’t mean I’m truly at rest. I have realized a tendency that I have. Generally speaking, when I force myself to slow down, my […]