JESUS – A MAN OF SORROWS ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF In the light of the tragedies happening around our country and world, I felt compelled to share some words of comfort to all of us who feel overwhelmed with sadness, perplexities, and grief. I wrote on one of my sisters, Karen’s Facebook page, a prayer for the families and community of Sutherland, Texas and thought about the tragic killing in New York City just a week ago. Because of my…
I AM THANKFUL… ARE YOU? This Thanksgiving season, I want to celebrate the rich blessings I received this past year. Some came in the disguise of pain, suffering, great loss, divorce, affliction in my body, turmoil, and depression in my mind, mental illness (Dissociative Identity Disorder, PTSD, Major Depression Disorder), fear and brokenness to my soul. But, God, who is SO RICH in His mercies has healed and restored me! “Weeping may endure for a night (season), BUT…
THE SEARCH BEGINS AND ENDS IN CHRIST WITHIN Our lives begin and end with a search for Truth and meaning. Our Father put this thirst and hunger for Himself within us. As we have discussed in previous blogs, we spend a lifetime trying to experience fullness and completeness. It appears nothing and no one can satisfy us. For this reason, we spend a million moments, a million dollars, and a million heartbreaks trying to quench this thirst and fill…
ABBA, IS YOUR FACE TURNED TOWARD ME OR AWAY FROM ME? My precious ones, I had written a different blog for this week but our Father thought words of encouragement were needed again this week. Sometimes, just a whisper in our darkness from His lips can breathe hope and life back into our hearts. In one of my blogs, I talked about Night Seasons in our lives. We all must face them in order for us to understand just…
WHICH ONE IS THE REAL JESUS? One dark and gloomy day a man sat on a bench lost, cold, his lips shivering, and clothes soaked from the rain. A stranger walked by during his morning stroll and stopped to help him. “Sir, you look lost and cold, is there any way I can assist you? I was on my way back home, would you like to join me?” asked the stranger. “I will get you some warm and…
LET’S K.I.S.S. From the title of this blog, it sounds like it is going to be quite mushy… it is! I am a very sentimental kind of girl who likes flowers, moonlight, holding hands, dancing, and a simple stroll along the beach. I like sand and water between my little toes (okay big toes), the smell of rose petals falling to the ground, and the sounds of birds chirping in the early morning light; so what about you? I…
JOY TO OUR WORLD, THE GIFT OF LIFE HAS COME! We were lost, without hope, alienated from the Love of our Father… His enemy. We were banished from the presence of His Holiness and lived defiled, in fear, guilt, covered in sin, darkness, and shame. Suddenly, the Light appeared and the Gift from heaven came to conquer our dark worlds and to restore the AMAZING GRACE AND LOVE WE ONCE KNEW! Enjoy Our Father’s Precious Gift……
LETTING GO OF THE PAST When Emily was three years old, her grandfather gave her a little plant and told her to take good care of it. Emily and her grandfather bought a flower pot, planting soil, then planted, and placed it on the mantle in her house. Every day, Emily got a chair, climbed up on it to check on it to see how it was doing. She watered the plant just as her grandfather instructed her, only…
LETTING GO OF RELATIONSHIPS In our last blog, we discussed the importance of Letting Go. In our future blogs, I want to focus on Letting Go of various aspects of our lives: relationships, children, dreams, career identity, prophecies, and others as our Father leads. With this in mind, let me explain my definition of Letting Go. “Letting Go means to entrust into the hands of the Lord, to surrender control of, to relinquish power over, and to trust…
LETTING GO OF OUR (HIS) CHILDREN Part 1 ‘Good Intentions’ “ALL THINGS were created by Him and FOR Him. For His pleasure, ALL THINGS were created.” Colossians 1:16 and Revelation 4:11 Once there was a lady gardening in her backyard. As she was digging in the earth with her hands, she saw a little caterpillar climbing up a leaf. The caterpillar quietly climbed the leaf and feasted on it as he climbed. The lady had never seen…