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From the den of discouragement to a place of joy

The past five months have been a roller coaster of emotions. Anyone would understand. Hormones are trying to figure out what is going on inside this body of mine. A body that endured a lumpectomy and 6 weeks of radiation treatments. A body that can no longer take anything estrogen or  any supplement that produces […]

One more thing…

It’s just about midnight and I can’t get to sleep. I’m going on several days of  interrupted sleep, due to the discomfort of my leg being in a cast. A cast? Yes, a cast. I know, I can hear you saying, ” But, I thought you had breast cancer?” I was diagnosed with breast cancer […]

The door of hope

“Of course you’ll encounter trouble, But behold a God of power who can take any evil and turn it into a door of hope.”      Catherine Marshall I haven’t blogged for a long time. It’s been four months since I was diagnosed with breast cancer. My mind, emotions and body have been to the […]

When God’s Call For You Is Public

Being in public ministry is not for the faint at heart. That said, I am the Queen of the “faint at heart”. I don’t like criticisms, rejections or judgements. I don’t like scrutiny  about my motives, words or life. Public ministry affords me all of those challenges and more. So why allow your life and [...]

Seeking to Devour

Things can be fine and then out of nowhere they seem to take a turn. Communications are all mixed up, things bother me more than they should, little things appear to be big things. Perhaps you recognize what I am talking about. In the middle of it all we begin to assign blame for our [...]

Living as a Daughter of the King

Fear. It lurks and tries to creep it’s way into our minds. Slowly, sneaky, creeping fear. Sometimes fear starts as a tiny seed that we hardly know is there. Soon it grows and the root of fear takes over our minds, our emotions and the way we live out our lives. The Bible has much [...]

Living UP! in the Hard Times

Life. It’s often hard, always a gift, sometimes quite unpredictable. Yet in the middle of our life situations God is with us. As we follow Him, the journey of life, whether good or bad, becomes a sacred one–set apart for His will and His glory. If we could “get” the truth that our lives are [...]

Are you paying attention?

I had been there before. The winding road that leads to the property was familiar, or so I thought. Infact, so familiar that I never considered asking for directions.  I just jumped in the car and set out for my destination. No GPS, no written instructions, no address. Just me and my memory. As I [...]

Joy is promised after the pain…

I am about to enter a new season…Grand-parenting! I am going to be a grandmother very soon! Yipee! My beautiful step-daughter Ashley is having a little boy and is in labor today. Oh, how I wish she didn’t have to go through what she will endure in the next few hours. Ask any woman who [...]

Keep Calm and Continue in Him

My eyes opened once again to pain. With no position comfortable I shuffle about trying to find relief. The past few days were good, but not today. Pain, the kind that even hurts when you breathe, the kind that robs your thoughts and threatens to steal the brightness of a new day, a new week. [...]