Sharon JaynesDealing with Your Past, Dreams of a Woman, Expectant Living, Forgiveness, Living Free, Living Fully 86 Comments

Do You Feel Stuck?

 

That’s exactly the quandary I found myself stuck in several years ago.

After I had gone to college for two years, I returned to my hometown to work as a dental hygienist. But the following spring, I felt a tug to return to college and continue my education. I prayed and looked into various programs, but couldn’t get clear direction from God.  Read more…

Sharon JaynesExpectant Living, General Inspiration, Living Free, Living Fully 22 Comments

When Everything is Not “Just Fine”

 

I can still remember the Saturday night rituals at my house when I was six-years-old.  My mother wound my sun-streaked ash blonde hair in what seemed like a hundred pink sponge rollers.  She’d swipe her middle and pointer fingers through the sticky jar of blue Dippidy-Do, slather it on a swatch of hair, and then wind the sponge round and round.   Read more…

Sharon JaynesConfidence in Christ, Dealing with Your Past, Dreams of a Woman, Expectant Living, General Inspiration, Living Fully 64 Comments

A Little Something Bagger Vance Taught Me

 

I was sitting in a darkened theater watching the movie Bagger Vance.  Now I know the theology wasn’t correct, but one scene caused tears to stream down my cheeks.  It was during a time when I was struggling with what God was calling me to do with my life.

Here’s how the story goes:

As a young man,  Read more…

Sharon JaynesA Sudden Glory, Dreams of a Woman, Expectant Living, Living Fully, Trusting God 121 Comments

When “Yes” Seems too Hard

Lisa was a party girl who partied every chance she could get. She was a bartender. A cocktail waitress. A fun-lovin’ girl without a care in the world…until the stick turned blue.

Lisa had grown up in a Christian home and walked the aisle when she was eight-years-old. But in her twenties, Lisa put Jesus up on a shelf to live the wild life.  Read more…

Sharon JaynesExpectant Living, General Inspiration, Living Free, Living Fully 10 Comments

When Insecurity Gets Your Down

 (Beginning August 1, the content of my blog will be completely different from the Girlfriends in God devotions. So if you are not signed up for my blog at www.localhost/sjold, please do it today…and invite all your friends. We’re going to have more give-a-ways, more personal interaction, and more inspiration than ever before!)

Speaking of winners. The 3 winners of a copy of my latest book written with Gwen Smith and Mary Southerland,    Read more…

Sharon JaynesExpectant Living, Forgiveness, General Inspiration, Living Free, Living Fully 93 Comments

S & H Greenback Store Redemption

 

 (Beginning August 1, the content of my blog will be completely different from the Girlfriends in God devotions. So if you are not signed up for my blog at www.localhost/sjold, please do it today…and invite all your friends. We’re going to have more give-a-ways, more personal interaction, and more inspiration than ever before! Now, on to today’s post!)

“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us,  Read more…