If you didn't read my background post entitled "The Journey", click here to read it first. "For the Lord your God has blessed you in all that you have done; He has known about your wanderings through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing." Deut 2:7 AMP Deuteronomy … Continue reading He Who Promised
I am a planner by nature. For as long as I can remember, I had plans for my adult life laid out. College right after high school. College degree in four years. Marriage around the same time as graduation. Great career. Two or three kids. Happily ever after. To say that my life has looked … Continue reading The Journey
Author's note: Confession: I am a major perfectionist when it comes to writing, and honestly, sometimes [oftentimes] it really hinders me. I'll think of something that I want to write, want to share, begin writing it, and then never finish and actually post it because it feels incomplete. As a result, over the years, there … Continue reading Wild Grapes
I remember an occasion in a remote village in the bush of Zambia. We were walking from hut to hut to minister the Gospel, and along the way, we met two young men who were lounging on the branches of a tree. We started a conversation with them and began to minister, taking turns amongst … Continue reading The Mountains We Face
At the start of the new year, a Christian radio station that broadcasts in my area decided to shift their format to become a “worship station.” The change was met with a wide variety of responses, ranging from wildly positive to extremely negative, and while I understand human nature’s hesitancy towards change, especially when that … Continue reading Discovering Worship
I don't discuss political issues on any type of social media platform, and I don't believe that they should ever be debated on any type of text platform. However, I write this not with the intention of debating a political issue, nor to defend a side or position. I merely want to share what has … Continue reading The Fight for Life
About a year ago, I was listening to a Christmas playlist, as is custom in December, and I landed upon a song entitled “This is War.” My initial reaction--coming from a person who insists that it’s NOT a Christmas movie unless it’s one hundred percent, start to finish, about Christmas--was that it couldn’t possibly be … Continue reading This is War
The soft chimes of a bell as the door swings open and closed. The distant footsteps of people walking to nearby shops. The muted voices of a couple sitting across the charming space, and the adjacent clatter of keys on a laptop keyboard. The grumbling of a coffee grinder and the whirring of an … Continue reading In His Presence
As a single Christian woman, I am constantly bombarded with articles written by smart and well-meaning people about singleness, and inevitably, articles on the subject are some of the most popular on various Christian websites. Now, I am not knocking those articles, as most are good with great, valid, and Biblical points. However, many also … Continue reading Jesus Is Not My Boyfriend
"If I may be so bold, you underestimate yourself. I see in you just a gem, a beauty, an array of beauty. You ever seen the crown jewels? Yeah. You understand? Man put them together. God put you together." This was a word of knowledge spoken over me two years ago by a dear friend … Continue reading I Want to Be a Princess
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