Who are you? Well, the “no,” the “F,” the one pink line instead of two, the switch from “Mrs.” back to “Ms.,” the lay off, the dreaded 2 am phone call; are all outcomes that we tend to use to identify ourselves as failures and mistakes inadequate and condemned. But it’s one thing to be affected by outcomes. It’s another thing to be defined by them. Our identity is who we believe ourselves to be at the core. It is always found in our god. Your god is that which you can’t help Continue Reading
Happy New Year!
In January of 2019, I joined in with with my local church as we started a 52- week journey reading through the Bible chronologically. Yes, chronologically. Turns out, the books of the Bible to which most of us are accustomed are primarily divided by the type of literature as opposed to the order being based on when the events actually took place. Any whoo... no matter the order or the pace, any journey through the Bible is worth it! This particular journey of mine was no exception. I was Continue Reading
Hope
What happens when we place our hope in money? It gets spent. What happens when we place our hope in people? They act like people. What happens when we place our hope in good health? We catch a cold one day or a cancer diagnosis the next. I believe God has used the past 7 days to try and help me understand why His Word encourages us to put our hope, not on Earthly things, but in Him! God knows we live in a fallen world filled with the groans of pain as women in labor. Every now and again, Continue Reading