“Oh Lord, how long shall I cry, and you will not hear me?” Habakkuk Chapter One starts out with these words from a minor prophet. He goes on to ask questions like, “Are you not from everlasting, oh Lord my God, my Holy One?” And, “You are of purer eyes than to behold evil…you cannot look […]
Are You A Strong Woman?
I had heard it in the rumblings, in the quiet tornado spinning, chasing, drawing like a magnet to anyone claiming, “Christ”… And like a splattering and raining, I stand still and hear Him whispering, “It’s a day to surround ourselves with other strong believers”. Still, I spin further, imagining well polished speakers; those with large ministries, […]
When You Don’t Know Who You Are
There it lay, a face. Staring back at me from the asphalt, burning under the hot afternoon heavens. And I wondered why this lamented card used to identify us; was left, abandoned, distant from the one who owned it. I pick it up, read it. Realizing with it there is the power to drive, buy things, […]
Every Women’s Battle. UNITE
We are in a war. A very real, tangible war. One we don’t see at all, with our physical eyes. One that plays out in the recesses of our mind. I talk to the young person, wavering doubt, the older woman fighting to live her life for something more than bank accounts and fancy houses. I […]
Running Ahead Of God?
They took our daughter… Only months old, porcelain face, perfect in every way. The one we held through seizures, blue skin, tiny bottles, and stopped heart beats; carefully feeding her just ounces every two hours, day and night, in hopes to keep her alive. Her body weight finally went up from three pounds to regular birth […]
Why God Can Use YOU Despite Your Missing Pieces
I expected to see the armless, legless, Nick Vujicic, play on a big screen his God-given feats; ski-diving, skate-boarding, surfing, doing things unbelievable because of a “good attitude” and “positive thinking”. After all, isn’t He a speaker, an author, a celebrity of sorts, motivating people to, “do great things”? But, he didn’t. In fact, I went […]