Brokenness

I believe with every fiber of my being that this message needs to be given.  Somewhere out in cyberspace, someone  needs to hear this because: Your loneliness is unbearable. Your heart aches day in and day out. You’re filled with guilt and shame because of your past mistakes. Someone has taken your innocence away or…

Several years ago I fell down some stairs in my home. The pain was so great it literally knocked the wind right out of my lungs. Thankfully, my knees and shins were just bruised and not broken. But that fall left an impact on my body leaving me with deformed shins several years after the…

My heart is just torn over the recent news of a young pastor who recently took his own life. Based on what I had read, this young man battled with anxiety and depression for quite some time. From the old to the young, from the Hollywood elites to those who live in obscurity, unfortunately, suicide…

David, Peter, and Paul, were strong-hearted and strong-minded souls determined to live for Jesus Christ. These men resonated with my spirit. Whether it was their personalities or their passion for the Lord, I have been drawn to them over the years because I viewed these guys as warriors for Christ. However, years ago when I…

I couldn’t be happier to close the book on last year. With all of its disappointments and disheartening situations, my feeble soul looks on to this coming year with great anticipation. My discouraged, yet hopeful heart clings to Isaiah 43:19: For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you…

I have felt emotionally raw lately.  Tender and exposed.  Vulnerable to the point where I feel like I’m walking around naked.  And that’s just not something that I’m okay with! I like my walls (and clothes), they make me feel safe. 🙂 I often feel alone in this ministry.  Me, myself, and my keyboard typing…

I wasn’t expecting to hear her words when I made the phone call. With a long pause, I could tell her illness was causing her speech to be slow.  She strained to form the words in her mind and then to utter them to me. “I’d like to see you,” she said. My daughter’s heart…

Since I wrote my recent post on, How to Have the Best Christmas Ever, it kinda struck a chord for many women.  I’m guessing my sisters’ in Christ felt it was okay to share their hurts and fears. And let me just say for the record…IT IS OKAY TO SHARE YOUR HEARTACHE AND PAIN!   That’s what…