For much of my life I didn’t think people would like me, let alone love me, if they knew me. All my mistakes, guilt, and shame that I harbored kept me isolated from true relationships. I suffered with depression and anxiety that attacked and crippled me. I didn’t think anyone else could, should, or would…
Have you ever experienced deep emotional anguish that threatened to take you down? I have a friend who suffered a health scare recently, and a friend of a friend who lost her son unexpectedly this past week. In both scenarios these women might be angry at God and ask questions like: “Why did you let…
Forgiving someone you used to love, who is gone now, is not as hard as one would think, and that’s because forgiveness is all about releasing the pain, judgment, and expectation of justice or revenge. Cliché but truth: forgiveness is more for the victim than the abuser. The process to resolve the hurt and pain…
I am sitting in one of those Airbnb rentals in Pflugerville, Texas. It’s my son’s wedding week and we needed a place big enough to house family members. The back lawn needs mowing but there’s still enough view to get the creative juices flowing, three days before the big event. (I am working ahead since…
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart…” (Jeremiah 1:5) He knows me! Before my body was created. He KNEW me. Not my size, hair color, eyes, scars, metabolism, health issues, disease, anything with me physically; HE KNEW ME. He knew the heart and soul of me….