“God loves me.” I say this all the time when good things happen. When circumstances are good, it’s easy to feel God’s presence and His favor, but when times get hard, it’s not so easy. Sometimes frustration, discouragement, or grief makes it impossible for me to feel the presence or love of God. When earthly blessings prevail, we feel …
When You Can’t Choose Joy
I was raw a few weeks ago. Sad. Lonely. Struggling with life. We all have our days, don’t we? Those moments when we can cry at the slightest mistake, unkind word, or challenge. During that raw week, I kept hearing the saying choose joy! It’s popular these days. I’ve probably taught it myself, but to be very honest, I couldn’t choose joy. …
How to Know God’s Voice
How do we know when God is speaking to us? It’s not always His voice, right? Sometimes those thoughts can be our own. So, how do we discern between our inside voice and Holy Spirit speaking? Hearing God . . . Not A few years ago I thought God told me I needed dreams, vision, and future aspirations. At …
Fighting Words for the Spiritual Battle
In the Spirit World Freckles are sprinkled across her nose, and two pigtails braided loosely are woven messy. Her helmet is too big. And her sword is covered in fingerprints. Her tutu is tattered, and her skin peeks out from a hole in her tights. But this ballerina is a warrior. The enemy slithers to her side hissing his favorite …
The Truth Will Set You Free
What is your truth? What’s your history, your story? “Live your truth” sounds good. It has a pretty ring to it, doesn’t it? I like it. But the articles I’ve read about living my truth place all the burden on me. Yes, I have a role to play in my life; we all do. But. But I’ve tried living my …