Do you remember when you said you wouldn’t parent like your parents? Yeah, me too. Like that time I got a spankin’ for dustin’ myself with the flesh-colored face powder (after my bath), and Momma thought I had skipped getting in the water. Or when she pinched my leg in church service because I was talking too much. Yikes. Our girl has had a few near-traumatic events. Unless she mentions “slip” and “dress,” I never…
Discombobulation. The person who began using that word years ago must have been in the middle of a home remodel. Her shampoo must have been in her bedroom and the cotton rounds to remove her eye makeup were surely in her breakfast room. She looked in her living room for that bag of clean towels and she thought, “That’s it. I’m discombobulated.” God is a God of order. How I feel when things and situations…
So, I’ve been in the middle of a whirlwind. My sweet little Momma was diagnosed with cancer just about a month ago and moved in with Jesus three weeks after her diagnosis. As you can imagine, this is a different kind of Mother’s Day for me. As I type, I still feel a bit breathless from it all. We moved her in to our home and she was here only two weeks before she moved…
So, you know how you are going about life and Holy Spirit sends a word (one you are not expecting) and your heart feels that tug of conviction? Pastor Robert Morris was teaching on the Ten Commandments and he landed on number five, “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.” He didn’t get very far into his message when I…
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