Hey, remember your first heartbreak? I do! I was hurt and could not imagine what my life was about to be like without this guy in it! Now, several years later, with a much higher IQ to work with, I see more clearly. The years and experiences that I’ve lived through have made a difference. Looking back, I realize that deep down my pain was rooted in the fear that I would always feel this bad. I could not deny that the relationship needed to end because aspects of it kept me from being all that Continue Reading
The Possession vs The Person
The other day while sitting in church I was convinced my mother had entered the room. Yes, she lives hundreds of miles away, but y’all… I heard her! I heard that voice, in that octave, at that cadence that only she was capable of uttering! It was her bellowing that oh-so-familiar warning: “Don’t you ask me that again, [Christy]!!” Then I snapped out of it and realized it was actually my pastor reading God’s words to Moses in Deuteronomy 3:25-26. God had made it clear that Moses would not Continue Reading
Heaven And Hell
One day a conversation with my 7-year-old and my 4-year-old daughters went in a direction I was not anticipating. By the time I realized this, it was too late to turn back. Olivia: “. . .’Hell’?” “What is ‘hell’?” Me: (thinking, “Oh Lord, here we go!) “Hell is a place you go after you die if you don’t believe in Jesus.” Olivia: “Ooooh, that’s going to be baaaad!” Gabrielle: “One of my classmates said she doesn’t believe in Jesus.” Olivia: “Ooooh, that’s going to be Continue Reading