What Grief Has Felt Like…

If you know me, I am not a verbal processor (I process through writing), and if I can not figure things out in my own head and get it on paper, I feel silenced. But I’ve been trying to force myself to write and to take the next step. There have been more months than...

Who Needs Men?

My order at Chick-fila was quite large as I was ordering for other people as well. I took the drinks out to my car so I would be able to carry the rest the food without having to struggle. As I waited, I noticed a girl who looked as though she were just about to get...

To The One’s Who Are Left…

For whatever reason, the way my life has gone, I have been the one to go more often than not. I went away for a year of Bible school. I went to stay with my brother and sister in law for half a year and then I moved to Virginia for 5 years. But, I stopped and noticed...

Catch the wind in your sails…

I was scrolling through my emails trying to find a link when I came across this quote: God relishes surprise. We want lives of simple, predictable ease — smooth, even trails as far as the eye can see — but God likes to go off-road. He provokes us with...

What if there isn’t a “Happy Ending”?

You know what really bothers me? At least it has lately… The movie reel for nearly every Christian movie… You know what I’m talking about? Before God — awful. With God — rainbows and butterflies… Close movie happily ever after. I’ve noticed a trend in...