Photo Credit What makes your heart come alive? It’s important to invest time in things that refresh your soul. This broken world will wear you out in a hurry if you don’t set aside time to recharge. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been searching for pockets of time in my week to…
Photo Credit: Anja Osenberg, via Pixabay Some days, I am weary. I am weary of crying out about the same things. I’m weary of not seeing any progress with my earthly eyes. Some days, I want to give up the fight. Are my prayers really making any difference? My thoughts begin to race with…
Five years and eight months ago, I embarked on a new journey as a married woman. When Bruce and I met, I was over 40 and had lived alone for close to two decades. As a married woman, I’ve learned to yield, to slow down, to ask for direction, and to let go…
Photo Credit: Alexander Stein, via Pixabay “He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitable? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of ‘other things.’ Saturate me with the oil of the Spirit that I may be a flame. But flame is transient, often short-lived. Canst thou bear this,…
Photo Credit: Jimmy Dominico, via Pixabay I learned to swim when I was 10. I had begged my parents for the lessons for weeks. Mom researched summer programs and found one that worked with her schedule. So one fateful July afternoon, she took me to the YMCA for lesson number one, and I enthusiastically…