Formed in the deep recesses of our mind lurks a hard with potential to knock us flat on many levels: mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual. Secret imaginations. There we flirt with relationships and scenarios, real or imagined, with energy to destroy our lives and the lives of those we love. We allow Satan to stroll us down avenues of real estate we neither own nor have business seeking or desiring. In the meantime, ignoring growing weeds in our own landscape;...
July 23, 2020
4 Steps to Win the Battle in Your Mind
July 16, 2020
“I’ve Been Waiting For You. Stay Awhile” – God
When a hard hits, we flee to the arms of God or fall on our knees before Him, anxious and longing for His presence and promise to be with us and help us. However, as God brings resolution and healing to the situation, we tend to brush ourselves off, take a few steps back, thank Him, then meander away, smiling over our shoulder as we go. God desires something different; a continual relationship. He wants a growing, vital relationship where...
July 9, 2020
One Action Linked to Love
Christ-followers strongly embrace love because our God is love. John 3:16, the epitome of true love, shows the measure of God’s passion for mankind in the sacrifice of His only Son. No greater love exists. God stands as the author and source of love. We hear a lot about the proof of love being tolerance and acceptance. However, scripture points a different direction. The companion word linked to love, interestingly enough, is obedience. Wait. What? Jesus talks about love and forgiveness...
June 18, 2020
When the World is a Hot Mess
It’s so hard to hear You, God, when the world screams loud. We are a mess down here. Every time we think things are settling down we open our eyes to new chaos. Your daughters are weary. Our spinning minds and aching hearts need Your touch. It’s so hard to walk in peace when conflict abounds. Arguments. Opinions. Confusing and conflicting information. Messages with uncomfortable undertones. Hashtags and slogans crowding our streets, our screens, and our minds. Statistics and reports...
June 11, 2020
Silent Suffering
Can we hear them? Are the ears of our hearts open to the hushed groans and faint sighs of people suffering in silence? So many languish in daily distress as we rush by, faintly aware. Or oblivious. We press on, all systems go, while others endure on-going pain from a broken relationship with a parent, child, or spouse. Some are tormented with chronic physical pain. Others hide shame from emotional or physical abuse. Too many desperately try to breathe through...
June 4, 2020
Two Things to Remember in These Bizarre Times
Just as we feel the coronavirus rollercoaster slow, allowing our spinning worlds to calm, our disorientation to adjust, and our expectations rise the ride will end soon, the tracks take an unexpected turn into a dark tunnel. A neon flashing light fizzles and spits the word “horror” as our vision fills with surreal sights and images. Pinned to the ground, a man pleads for breath. Crowds fired-up with frustration and anger, protest in peace but with passion for justice. Their...
May 28, 2020
Robin’s Story: Facing Fear and Anxiety
Today we launch the section of this blog titled “Treasures in Your Stories”; a platform to share the courageous stories of women and how God has walked with them in their hard.” It is not lost on me that the first woman to share here is a dear friend who was the initial audible voice God used to encourage me to start writing, and has since had my back in all ways. Awesome that God would use her to open...
May 21, 2020
What We Need Most As the Nation Re-Opens
Months into the pandemic, our rollercoaster continues, changing direction yet again. As the nation takes a turn and opens up, with the coronavirus still alive and well, whether we are past-ready or not-at-all ready, we need to remember one truth. However this surreal event has touched us, angered us, scared us, or altered our life, one truth looms large. We need a Savior. We need His strength to carry on and His guidance to move forward. We search for His...
May 7, 2020
When God Isn’t Answering
Ever find yourself up against a brick wall? Searching for a door to get to the other side, but finding none. Or perhaps feeling like you’re standing in a thick, dusky fog, needing to make a move, but no idea which way to step. And you pray to God for help. “Lord, I need direction. I need help. I need an answer.” Aaaaaand nothing. We bear our hearts to the Lord and ask friends to pray. And nothing. No direction....
April 30, 2020
Two Weapons to Fight Fear
Though the world battles a shared dose of fear today, fear is not a new reaction to unknown or frightening circumstances. Fear entered our world when the first man and woman disobeyed God. Just a few sentences later, we witness Adam saying, “I was afraid”. (Genesis 3:10). Like other emotions, fear comes in many shapes and sizes and in varying degrees; some rational, some not so much; demonstrated in the statement, “I am afraid of wasps and a family member...