Crystal
There’s a story that need to come out…
How do you talk about the tough subjects with others in a way that makes them feel comfortable? Or is it something we need to adjust for their comfort? Sean Dietrich posted a blog about suicide this morning. Let’s face it, there is no comfortable way to approach this subject. I have openly talked about…
Hello God
How is your image of God? Has it stayed the same since you became a Christ follower? Have you framed Him with worldly characteristics? How about trust? Do you trust God completely? Enough to open your hands completely in every single situation? I became a Christian at the age of eleven. I had no idea…
Angel Oak Tree
Have you ever looked at trees and marveled at how a small nut could produce a tree as big as the Angel Oak Tree? I was sitting on the porch looking at the tree tops here in Birmingham. Noticing all the branches reaching out and somewhat up. Then in my mind’s eye I saw the…
Water, Water, Everywhere
There’s something about water that makes me either sigh or cry. And sometimes it is both. I looked up water in the Blue Letter Bible app and it says that “water’ occurs in 409 verses. That is a good number of times. With the recent events in our country, water seems to have a power…
The Big Pause
What makes you “give a big pause”? What if I told you there’s a word that appears in the Bible seventy-four times, would it give you pause? I recently started looking for a decorative something to hang on my wall in my kitchen. I was thinking a word maybe two from scripture. Went to Etsy…
The Mighty Mouth
There are times I cringe at the words that come out of my mouth. You too? Why is it when we try so hard, we end up cringing? Psalm 34:1-3 I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let…
Disaster
When faced with a trial (storm), how do you handle it? Think of the recent storms and all the evidence you have seen, now picture it was you in all that mess. How would you handle it? Cry and give up? Step up and start the work? Give God some credit? I recently went to…
Mirror Mirror
Who do you mirror in your daily life? Let’s face it, we mirror what we were taught in our families growing up. We may try not to be the whoever wounded us, but there are moments that they jump out of our bodies onto another person. My mother was a master manipulator. Cold shoulder and…
Anxiety that leads to Rejoice
I am facing surgery on Tuesday (tomorrow) for my neck. I found out last week I would be having surgery. It is amazing what the mind thinks when anxiety flares… I started a poem…”If I meet Jesus Tuesday…” Not sure I can finish it, but I started it to work out some of the anxiety…