Recently I was talking to a friend about some struggles she was having with her 10 year old daughter. My friend, who is a wonderful mom, was worried that she had messed up too many times and because of her own struggles with being open, would not be able to build the things with her […]
The Impact of Validation
There is a relational skill that is so vital, so important and essential–yet often difficult to incorporate as a habit. This skill changes how people feel, how they react to upset, and how they grow. For the last couple of years, remembering and practicing this valuable tool has been one of my goals. It doesn’t come […]
I Am With You Either Way
What do you do when you get worried? What do you do when you get bad news—or anticipate sad news? We who know the Lord Jesus know the answer to those questions: we turn to Him. Sometimes we turn to Him quickly and other times not so fast. For the last few years I have […]
Seeing Through Heaven’s Eyes
This week I had a deep experience with Jesus when I went to Tennessee to help with my elderly parents after my mother fell and broke her leg. She is 90 years old and Daddy is 94. There are not many people my age with both parents still living and healthy, and facing losing them […]
God IS Love
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God for God is love” 1 John 4: 7-8 This verse teaches us a wonderful truth—“God is love.” God does not have love or […]
Musings on the Son of God Movie
Maybe you don’t like movies, but seeing visuals about Biblical times stirs me. I like watching what it might have been like to see and touch Jesus, while at the same time remembering that what I have today is even better–He is always present and lives in me and I am never alone. Still it’s […]