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“Lord, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine.” Psalm 16:5 Some weeks are just more difficult than others. Don’t you agree? This week one of my dearest friends packed up and went to live with Jesus. She went to bed feeling better than she had felt in years, with plans to go shopping the next morning. Instead, she woke up and met Jesus. What manner of craziness…
I heard Oprah say that nothing was more beautiful than seeing the gentle outline of panties under a sheer cotton dress in the summer time. You know what I thought, girl, you were raised in the South, what are you thinking? The only outline my momma had better seen under my dress was the hem of my slip. If you ask my girl to name one of the most traumatic things about her childhood she…
One of my goals in life has been to never see the inside of prison walls. I mean, I watch t.v., and that’s as close I have ever wanted to be, until this weekend. When Russell and Christine Roseberry with InnerFaith Prison Ministry visited our church a few months ago, I intended to do as I have always done: smile sweetly and walk quickly past their information table in the church’s foyer. What actually happened in my heart…
“Confidence is a dirty word among Christians. We are taught to be humble and gentle, not confident. Confidence equals arrogance, and arrogance sends the wrong message.” Kristine Brown, Over It. Kristine’s words make me itchy. That kind of itch that hits your nose when your hands are full. Inconvenient. Bothersome. Demanding attention. Confidence versus arrogance. A messy little competition that plays out within. Weakening our resolve to follow God, because we don’t want to be…
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