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A Way to Fear-less When We are Fear-full

A Way to Fear-less When We are Fear-full

I began this post on fear about two years ago. What in the whirl? How can something I wrote two years ago resonate with me still!? I am able to just pick up and continue writing because it’s that relevant. So relevant…like the first thing I thought of was me sitting poolside at my sister-in-law’s house a few days ago and decidedly moving myself inside because there were bats (yep, you read that correctly) swooping…

Sometimes It’s Hard to be Sweet

Sometimes It’s Hard to be Sweet

Does the rebel inside you ever want to come out? Are you like me and being sweet gets wearisome? I mean I want to do it right, I want to love and forgive and serve and… but sometimes, I just want to stomp my foot and yell like Ouiser on Steel Magnolias, “I’m not as sweet as I used to be.” Obedience brings all kinds of good blessings. I know all those things, but sometimes…

The Power of the Holy Spirit is Our Inheritance

The Power of the Holy Spirit is Our Inheritance

“I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe in him.” Ephesians 1:19 As I sat in disbelief, my life looked like a puzzle that had just been dumped from the box. Over the next weeks and months, I prayed that none of the pieces were missing. Would my family once again be whole? There were times I wondered why I was trying so hard to make…