My life has had some pretty pivotal moments of anxiety and fear and hopelessness. When I turned to God, sometimes he answered my prayers in ways I hoped for, and other times he answered my prayers by walking with me through the pain, grief, and uncertainty. In this point in time, in our world, we… Continue reading Fear and Faith
Today is Ash Wednesday. I didn’t grow up observing this day or the season of Lent. However, I’m very familiar with Mardi Gras, which was yesterday, because I grew up in New Orleans. I marched in parades in middle school, and our family always went to the family-friendly parades in our area. But growing up,… Continue reading The Season of Lent
Recently, I have become aware of the unhealthy relationship I have with people pleasing and the attempts to live up to the expectations of others. In this journey, I’ve also realized that one of the motivations for this is the transactional, or bargaining, nature of these kind of relationships. In short, I’m nice to you… Continue reading Bargaining Relationships
Last year, I read all the way through the Bible. I would like to say this goal was well thought out and planned for months before the year started. But honestly, I was looking for a New Year devotional on my Bible App, and a “read through the Bible” option was available. So, I was… Continue reading Bible Goals
I'm part of a Mom Bible study group this fall, and we are studying Kelly Minter's No Other Gods study about the false gods in our life. I'm right in the middle of the study, but man, is it convicting. Of course, most of us don't have actual idols in our houses, like the ones… Continue reading No Other Gods
I remember a song that we sang in Bible School, "Oh be careful little eyes what you see....For the Father up above is looking down below." We didn't sing it often, but it was enough to give me spiritual paranoia. God is watching. All. The. Time. When I know I'm being watched, the walls go… Continue reading Watched Vs Seen
I wanted to write an update on my anxiety, but I've kind of been in the thick of an anxiety storm. And when I'm in a storm like this, it's harder to really articulate what I'm trying to say. Every time I try to put pen to paper (or in my case fingers to keyboard),… Continue reading Anxiety Update
I think most of us are familiar with the Proverbs 31 woman, that quite unattainable checklist of things every woman has to live up to. Early to rise, works late into the night, successful, wise, put together, children and husband love her, the community honors her. I mean, we probably add a few more descriptors… Continue reading An Ecclesiastes Woman
Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. Genesis 2:3 (NIV) I thought this would be an appropriate verse to enter into the sort of Sabbath I'm doing this month, taking a break from blogging for a bit.… Continue reading Genesis 2:3
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us.I John 4:10-11 (NIV) Somewhere in my childhood, I learned about the meaning of retaliation. If I hurt someone else,… Continue reading 1 John 4:10-11
