Tag: jesus
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New Year, New You?
I have been going through my head all morning of what kind of blog post I wanted to write for the new year. Then, I had the question in my head, do I even need to write one for the new year? My brother’s wife asked me the other day if I am one who…
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A Silent Cry
I lay in bed at night unable to sleep. I feel a heaviness that I can’t explain or even identify. The room seems dark and lonely as I think about the problems I can’t solve. I look out the window and see the bright moon. It’s like I can hear it say, “Don’t worry, my…
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Storms Are Scary
Last week we had a big storm with a lot of wind, thunder and lightning. My youngest came into our room when the electricity went out, because she was scared. I took her downstairs, lit some candles and we sat in a chair while eating pretzel sticks. Yes, we were emotional eating and if there…
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Habitual Sin
I have been pondering on this blog for several months now. We had a speaker at a woman’s event at our church who spoke on this very topic. While she was speaking, all I could think of was, this is me!! The topic brought me to Romans 7. I encourage you to read the whole…
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What If You Hadn’t Prayed
I was visiting with another Christian woman at a wrestling tournament not too long ago. She was telling me a story about something she had gone through and how she had prayed, but things didn’t turn out the way she prayed. She said she couldn’t understand why things still didn’t go well. She asked the…
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I Don’t Know How to Do This
This morning, I was walking on the treadmill and praying. I had the song, “Goodness of God” playing on my phone. I was praying about some things with Andy and to be honest, I was fretting about things as well. I was talking to God about my husband Andy and how he has moved into…
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The Cross
A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. Mark 15:21 Today I was thinking about this scripture and what Simon must have been thinking. Did he realize who he was carrying the cross…
The Narrow Roads 