Have you ever heard someone say, “She’s just a bitter old woman.”
I have. And whenever I do, I know exactly what the person means. The image comes instantly to mind—a woman whose smile has been replaced by a scowl, whose conversations are peppered with complaints, and whose heart seems trapped in yesterday’s hurts.
I don’t want to be that woman. Read more…
I wanted a daddy who loved me—a daddy like my friend Wanda had.
He held her hand, sat her in his lap, and said her bedtime prayers with her. I wanted that.
And while I did have a father, he wasn’t that kind of daddy.
My father didn’t drink every day, but when he did, Read more…
Have you ever had a hard time forgiving someone? If so, keep reading…
It was a Saturday afternoon college football game, and I was doing what I like best—not watching the game but observing people.
My flip-down seat was the last in a long row of Carolina blue. A steady stream of fans traipsed up and down the concrete steps carrying soft drinks, Read more…
February 4 marks one of the most momentous days of my life. It’s the day I became a mother.
Even though my son is now a grown man, I still remember the enormous joy, the weighty responsibility, and the overwhelming love that poured from every pore of my body when they laid that bundle of sweetness on my chest. Read more…
I’m writing over at Proverbs 31 Ministries tomorrow and thought you might enjoy this too.
Have you ever felt invisible—like your name lingered at the bottom of the list unspoken… unnoticed…as if you were standing in the background while others were called forward?
Have you ever wondered if you were somehow missed—overlooked in the choosing, forgotten in the moment that mattered? Read more…
Do you want to become a woman who hears that still small voice and recognize that it is God’s? If so, keep reading…
Fourteen exhausted, sweaty teenage boys plopped down on the bottom step of the gymnasium bleachers—my son being one of them. The assistant Junior Varsity basketball coach paced back and forth, lecturing them on the error of their ways. Read more…
I shared this devotion over at Proverbs 31 Ministries yesterday and thought you might enjoy it too. Here you go!
Have you ever gone through a situation and wondered, God, where are You? If You had been here, this wouldn’t have happened?
The loss of a loved one?
The crash of a car? Read more…
Do you ever feel like you are not at home here on earth? That the world’s gone crazy and you just can’t wrap your mind around it all?
There’s a reason for that…this is not your home. C. S. Lewis said, “If I find in myself desires which nothing in the world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.”
Solomon reminds us, Read more…
Sometimes God reveals the majestic in the mundane. For me it was a cup of coffee. A rocking chair. A calm canal…
The sea breeze untangled the knots from my weary nerves as a choir of birds sang revelry to greet the day. Myrtle bushes bursting with fuchsia blossoms splashed vibrant color across the sandy landscape, while the occasional jumping fish performed acrobatic feats for an audience of One. Read more…
I have a confession to make. I’m embarrassed to admit it, but when I was in high school, I hardly ever read the books we were supposed to have read in English class. I read the Cliffs Notes study guides and got by. I mean, who’s got time for homework? Right?
But a decade later, I decided to go back and get that high school reading list and actually read the books! Read more…
