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This word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.
Diverging Ways, The Path of Life
“You make known to me the path of life… LORD you have assigned my portion, you have made my lot secure. My body also will rest secure because you will not abandon me to the grave.” Psalms 16:5, 9, 11 David seems quite confident that the LORD has led...
Bright Strands
“Does it bother you that we are such a somber looking bunch?” I looked down at my clothes: jeans and a brown top. This was my “nice” shirt, the one I wear to church. “I guess I stopped wearing white when I had my second child.” No hope of keeping anything...
Bright Strands Outline
Basic Information Six weeks: Study the path, the way described in Psalms and Proverbs.Art Project: Weaving a dark tapestry with a bright strand (If you would rather paint, draw, embroider… whatever, that’s fine. We will be leading weaving.) Purchase and...
Kingdom of Israel was divided. Our hearts are divided.
In the spring of 2020, I had recently accepted a women’s ministry position at my church. More importantly, I responded to a call to women’s ministry in a new way. Till then, I had been serving in leadership for many years for another women’s ministry leader....
How to survive when the ache in your heart is deafening
Ask me how to get through… just ask me. Ask me how to survive, when the aching in my heart is so loud, deafening in my ears. So many people think the roar is outside: the turmoil is some circumstance that pounds me down in the ground. We laid two loved ones...
My Greatest Hope for You
Dear child of mine, I’m not ashamed of you. I may be slightly disappointed but I’m not ashamed. My disappointment is not for my own renown but for my hopes for your future. I am not being prideful. I know there are MANY, MANY paths to success and...
Eight Things I Want My Daughter to Know About Dreams
Dear Daughter, I say many things to your brothers about life and love but you, you have been so level headed and smart throughout the years, I have not said much. I have said "wait" and you did. I have said to be modest and you are. The truth is that...
An Open Letter to My Friends and Family
Dear Friend, Child, Family Member, I want to tell you I’m sorry for what I said: all of it, all of the times. I don’t say the right things. I blurt things out before I think about it. Mostly, I tend to hurt people’s feelings. I tend to get my feelings hurt...
When fear creeps in on the edges
Aren’t we a rag-tag band of fellows? All we want is to seek holiness and yet fear and cynicism keeps creeping in at the edges. Fear trips us all up One fears the curse of mental illness has finally gripped her mind. One fears her husband loves his bank...
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