Brokenness

“You’re prideful and I can’t see your heart and others can’t see your heart as well.” Those were the words I read on the screen.  In a nutshell, her email conveyed she thought I was doing a poor job in ministry. Well, I would have to concur with her.  I am prideful and I wish…

Today I spent some time thinking about you, dear reader.  Yes, you.   My recent post, 20 Reasons a Wife Doesn’t Want to Have Sex, has stirred up some openness in women as they’ve shared their hearts and hurts on infidelity, pornography, sexual abuse, marital/sexual problems, etc. I’ve read countless testimonies and comments from hurting wives…

Can I grab your hand and take you on a journey to see the remarkable things that God does?  I hope you will allow me to do so because seeing God at work is amazing and awe-inspiring.  When we see God’s faithfulness either in our own lives or in the lives of others, it strengthens…

Anxious was the word that described me the day I heard the news that we had to move again.  The day when the Bank told us we needed to move out of our house that was foreclosed upon. First, let me take you back to the day of July 11, 2011, when our home was…

Sometimes I just want to close my eyes and pretend I am not living this life because this is not what I had expected, yet, this is what I prayed for. From being sick for so many years and now this?  The home being lost, again! Why on earth would the Lord ask me to…

Those were not the words that I longed to hear from my children a few weeks ago, yet, based on how I acted, it certainly was a possibility! Stressed was an understatement.  HI hollered at my kids.  Not only did I yell at them but I also slammed the kitchen cupboard doors and drawers as…

Do you ever get tired of living in the ‘storms’ of life? I know I have! I have been asked that question often by other women and what I have tried to do in my own life is learn to sleep in the boat like Jesus did when He was in a storm. (Please know…

Have you ever prayed this prayer?  As Jesus said, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” Luke 22:42   If things are going well in one’s life then that prayer is easy to say, but when your world is falling apart, it is…

So, after my last post on despair and denial of the Lord, I figured I would address another elephant in the room amongst Christians. I often wonder why we don’t share about certain topics because who better to understand our fragility, brokenness, sin, failures, and hard times than another sister in the Lord, after all,…