Sisterhood

A few weeks back I wrote an article about cultivating friendships, and girl, I gotta tell you, my heart just broke by what I read in the comments. Hurting women desiring friendships. Women who are a part of the Body of Christ yet they feel alone. This should not be. And I don’t like it. Not one bit!…

…the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Sam. 18:1 There is a deep longing in my heart to have friends in my life where our souls are knit together, like the kind I find in Scripture.  Where I can spend time with another woman…

I’m not sure what was causing me to feel detached and disconnected from the Body of Christ, but I’ve felt this way for the majority of my walk with Jesus. Yet, when I read the scriptures I can’t help but scratch my head and think, “How do I get connected to the Body? To community?…

I got the phone call from her husband informing me my friend had less than 24 hours to live. “Come now.  She doesn’t have much longer,” he said. I was in complete shock by what I heard.  The doctor told her she had about 6 months (or longer) to live based on the type of cancer…

Living 40+ years now I have since learned that having female friendships is certainly not an easy thing. Misunderstandings. Lack of communication. Differing of opinions. Betrayal. Hurt feelings. I’ve been on the receiving end of all of these, just like I’m sure I’ve done these same things to others.  So this brings me to today’s…

The Gospel message is a relational message.  While on earth, Jesus walked with others, thus, relationships were important to Him and therefore, they should be important to us. John 1:14 says: And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,…