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Learning What’s Real

Learning What’s Real

So, it’s been a little minute since we’ve talked. I’ve been doing what you do when your Momma moves in with Jesus. I’ve been sad, then glad, then tickled with a memory, then hit with the shock of it all over again. Me and my little Sis have been deep in a gazillion pictures and mementos. We have breathed deep in her scent still on her clothes and shook our head over enough costume jewelry…

God’s Waiting Room

God’s Waiting Room

I’ve been sitting around in a lot of waiting rooms lately. My Mom has had health issues that stopped us all for a little minute. She’s doing so well now but in the waiting it was tough.  We have never been alone in those rooms. In each chair, was a story. Some of their stories from a natural perspective seemed hopeless. Yet, each one there seemed to be seeking, doing their part, trusting that the…

When Our Lives Feel Like a Whirlwind

When Our Lives Feel Like a Whirlwind

I went to a Beth Moore – Living Proof Live once and she was teaching on Job. Can I tell you my heart sank. You know how it is. Bubbling with excitement you find your seat and just know God has a word for you. Then…you find out your word is going to come from the book of Job. Immediately I began to dread my life. I became convinced that some terrible calamity was about to…

It Really is Who You Know that Matters

It Really is Who You Know that Matters

“It’s not what you know but who you know that really matters.” Have you ever made that statement? I have. I said it recently when my daughter changed jobs with the help of a recommendation from her friend.  I’m pretty sure that Lazarus and his sisters were depending on their connection to Jesus when Lazarus fell ill. He had dined in their home. Reading their story in John 11 feels like there is a closeness….