Can we just change our minds?

Can we just change our minds?

I’m joining in on Five Minute Friday this week. FMF gives writers an opportunity to free write for five minutes without the stress of editing and revising. Friday’s prompt was change. Can we just change our minds today? We have this “thing” staring us in the face and we were sure how we would handle it. We had rehearsed the scenarios and feel confident we know the appropriate action. I would never say…do…put up with…take…You’ve…

When God needs to heal your body and your heart

The tile on the bathroom wall is cool to my cheek. I sit on the floor and try to be quiet because it’s the middle of the night. My heart is racing. Tears flow and I sing under my breath, “Jesus loves me this I know. For the Bible tells me so…Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me…” How did I get here? If I close my eyes today, I can see the scene clearly….

What if we really believed death was a beginning?

“Even though I walk through the dark valley of death, because You are with me, I fear no harm.” Psalm 23:4 (GW) What if we really believed death was a beginning? I mean, it seems so final, so mysterious. Over and over God assures us this life is just a shadow of what is to come.   I have heard it said, “I want to go to heaven, I just don’t want to go today.”…

When perfectionism steals your good

I pull each flower from the vase and adjust it just so, again. Eventually you will kill these flowers.  Living in perfect means never living in finished. Do you recognize the neighborhood? Projects and post are left unfinished, thoughts and words God has lain on my heart to share. I can’t seem to get them just right. Michael Hyatt (michaelhyatt.com) brings this topic to the door step of where I hang out in “perfect”. “When you sit…