Healing

Because Honoring Our Dad is Right

Today my dad has been enjoying heaven for three years. Time does fly and then again, I can close my eyes and remember that day and those preceding it so vividly. As I read this again today, I asked myself are these words still me. Did I still feel as if they honored my dad and our relationship. I think they do. The original title was “It’s Complicated” and written on June 17, 2012, just a…

4 Things To Learn When Your Weapons Are Rusty

4 Things To Learn When Your Weapons Are Rusty

I had awakened not feeling myself. I just felt bad. Something wasn’t right. This cannot be happening. Today is party day. Our daughter’s kindergarten class would be at our house in a few hours. Those beginning weeks of school had been difficult. She and I struggled to adjust to her being away and her immature immune system was assaulted with unfamiliar germs. Doctor and hospital visits had filled us all with dread. Our girl had…

Because we are stronger today…

Because we are stronger today…

It was dark as I frantically groped under the covers. In that half-awake half-asleep state, I quickly became alert. Where could it be? I had received it at school. The man had visited our classroom to tell us about Jesus and give us a Bible – a Gideon Bible. I had slept with it in my hand every night since – like a security blanket or favorite stuffed animal. How did I get so easily…

Going back seems so easy…

Going back seems so easy…

  “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 ESV   When I become stressed, I usually want to run back to old habits and my old way of handling situations. Do you struggle with that too? Going back always seems easier. We have good intentions but change is hard. So hard that sometimes we’d rather go back to the painful…