We are not magnets. Yet, how often do we live like that? Drawing, collecting, letting anything & everything around us stick to us? Worse yet, is when “religion” (No, not sincere Jesus following, but man-dictated religion) is used to justify man’s acceptance of worldliness, excessiveness, accumulation, or materialism… Even boasting in arrogance, calling it, “blessed”? Doesn’t […]
My Keurig broke. A few years ago, a tantrum would have ensued at the thought of a delayed cup of coffee. It’s not a secret, I wake slowly, and can rarely have full conversations before being caffinated. But here, decads later, I calmly scoop out the wet grounds from my disfunctional machine, place them in my […]
Fear blanketed me with pity when my eyes first fell upon that determined boy with failing limbs and hesitant eyes. His wobbling body slowly approached that bright green walker, as my husband held out chocolate as a reward for his bravery, half way around the world. A year earlier, in Chi*a, God undid me. I had […]
“Be seen and not heard”, “Be careful what you speak.” Fear and even religion can silence us into being passive bystanders in a world that seems to have so many voices saying nothing. So, we can avoid the landmines and fireworks, and disappear in a land of scrolling other people’s journey’s as a substitute for actively […]
Controlling pastors, abusive spouses, Jezebel spirits…the list goes on and on. It’s been an epidemic, even in the church…ever since the days of Jesus. A Spirit of Control, isn’t something that just “slips” in… It’s a core characteristic of satan It’s a spirit that defies the very character of God It’s a spirit that is toxic […]
When hard things come, we often have one of a many responses; we can run from pain, face it, or deny suffering should come all together. Jesus is our healer. He died, shed His blood, so our lives can be lived in light of complete redemption (eternity)… “But why is there still suffering? Shouldn’t we be […]