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When You Feel Convicted

What To Do When You Feel Convicted

“You just tore my paper and you did the same thing last night!” she said as large drops of  tears began to form in her eyes. I wasn’t really sure what that meant, but it didn’t sound positive.  A part of me wanted to dismiss her as a bit overly dramatic, but instead, I inquired more of her. “What does it mean that I tore your paper?” She explained to me that tearing someone’s paper is anything done that cuts...

3 Ways To Reset Your Life

3 Ways To Reset Your Life

reset: “to set again or to set differently; to change the reading of.” As I sit in my car trying to make a phone call, I let out a deep sigh. This always seems to happen when I need to complete a task using my phone. My phone is frozen again and the only way I can get it to function is to hold the power button down for a few moments to reset it.  So I reach to the...

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Are You Afraid To Dream?

“What kind of home would you like one day?”, my husband asked as we drove down a quiet state route. Such a simple question, but such a loaded question for me. He continued to probe, “Where would it be and what are the details?” As I scrambled to get my thoughts together about this home, he grew impatient with me. “Are you afraid to dream?” And this hit me hard. I hadn’t considered the idea that I was afraid to...

Things I want my daughter to know

9 Things I Want My Daughter To Know

Just recently, my daughters and I had a dance party. We had no special reason to have a party or celebrate. I needed to experience their joy and their laughter and their love and so we had an impromptu dance party, where we could just come as we were and have fun. As their laughter burst out and their dance moves got even sillier, I wanted to take it all in and hold it. I wanted to capture this moment...

SHOW UP

Today, Just Show Up

I want to cry and scream and jump out of the car which is currently traveling at 80 miles an hour on I-20 East. “Why do all these trees look exactly the same?” I thought to myself. A few minutes earlier I had double checked my phone for an estimated arrival time and not much had changed in two minutes. We still had about 3.5 hours to go until we arrived at our destination and I was dreading the conversation...

5 Truths To Sustain You While You Wait on God

Last summer, I had the chance to attend an annual conference that often sells out within weeks of opening up to the public. This was an amazing opportunity to encounter women who were eager to step out in faith and pursue the ministry or call that God had placed on their hearts. I remember the day I knew I wanted to attend this conference. “I’m doing it today! I’m going to sign up” I had joyfully called up my friend and...

God's Supply

God’s Supply Doesn’t Run Out

I remember driving to work on a cool fall morning feeling as though I had nothing left to contribute at work. I was spent and had poured out all “the stops” I knew and yet, it seemed as if I would need more. On that day, I had nothing and I as held on to the wheel tightly with my hands, I began to pray and share my heart with the Lord. With tears slowly falling down my face, I...