This week has been a long one. TGIF, for sure! I have two posts in draft that I just don’t feel led to hit publish on right now but just know, God and I are going through some stuff together. Confidence was definitely the right word to choose for 2012. Stay tuned for an announcement…
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Sneaking off with the hubby
I tend to over commit. Bite off more than I can {or should} chew. Friends mumble something about a penchant for self destruction? I know, I know. Big surprise, right? Maybe I am reveling in the fire of a brand new calendar. Maybe I am tortured by regret. Maybe I just need a break. For…
Happy Thanksgiving!
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. ~Johannes A. Gaertner Our Thanksgiving doesn’t look like I thought it would. But, God knew. Before I was ever born, He knew where I would be and my children would be in…
Coming from a place of yes
Saying “yes” to God is one of the scariest things I have ever done. Every.single.time. Saying “yes” to God has also put me in some of the most fulfilling and exciting places of my life. Every.single.time. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their…
The least of these
I have much to write about and tell you. Yet, when I sit here all I can think about are the 143 million+ orphans around the world that need forever families. The over 1/2 million kids in the US foster care system that need their families loved on and repaired. The over 100,000 that can’t…
Why we need clean hearts
We have already established that I am not {in this current season of crazy life} able to maintain the pace of a post every.single.day for 31 straight days, no matter how passionate I am about the topic. There was a time {before God got a hold of my heart} that I would have posted every…
Win an iPad and help our teen mom ministry!!
As many of you know, I am in full time ministry working with teen mama’s in my local area {a cause close to my heart as I was a teen mom myself}. Berkeley County, WV is an area rich with Civil War History, beautiful mountain views and boasts an affordable cost of living within driving…
{day 20, ahem 22?} Jesus.
My first experiences with God were in a denomination that taught a works based gospel. As a young child, I wore long skirts, didn’t eat meat, hair to my butt {always covered in church} and still didn’t feel good enough for grace. When I met Christ through a teen mom support group in 1998, I…
{day 5} Know that you know
If I counted all the ways that God has shown up for me, come through for me, just plain loved on me– it would take way more than one little old blog post. I know that He is looking out for even the smallest details in my {and your} life. If that is how…
What lies beneath
Emotions are raw. Tears threaten to spill over. Good bye is never easy, even if it is a perfectly normal part of life. Shayla leaves for nursing school tomorrow {her first plane ride} and Jason leaves for basic training on Monday. As my pastor’s wife {and good friend} pointed out on Sunday, a…
