PLAYING THE VICTIM I woke up this morning and thought to myself, “Today is it! I’m going to start with a clean slate with my eating and exercising.” That was at 6:30 a.m. By 7:30 a.m., I mindlessly started putting peanut butter pretzels IN MY MOUTH! Don’t ask me how I am able to rationalize […]
DEVOTIONS
Overlooked
I am getting ready to go to my first She Speaks conference next week. I have all things publishing on my mind: one-sheet, book proposal, word count, publishing appointment, elevator pitch, and platform. I feel like I need to have all my ducks in a row so I don’t mess up this opportunity. I have […]
The Elephant and the Keyhole
God’s Spirit Lying in bed one morning restless with a heavy heart, I knew in my spirit God was asking something of me. I had felt His Spirit stirring in MY spirit for weeks, maybe even months. My priorities were all screwed up! I was doing things He did not want me to, and I […]
Upside Down Kingdom
Upside Down Kingdom Have you ever noticed God’s kingdom is upside down–at least to our natural eyes! Our King did not come in pomp and circumstance matching the Majesty of Who He is. No, our King was birthed in a lowly manger. A pharaoh was afforded more luxury when He was born. Jesus said to […]
Weight-Loss Wednesday: Focus
Day 1: FOCUS Hey, Girls! As we embark on this journey of losing weight together, let’s remember to keep our focus where it belongs. Not on the numbers on the scale. Not on our waist measurement. Not on people’s comments about how good we look. Not on every calorie we put into our mouths. No, […]
You Are Called (Day 2: When God Says, “Wait!”
This is a follow-up teaching to the series I did titled “You Are Called!” It can be found on the Refocus App. Look for it here: “You Are Called (Day 2: When God Says, “Wait!”) I don’t know about you, but I hate waiting! I hate to admit this, but I have been known to throw a […]
Day 1: You Are Called
(This is a follow-up teaching on a series I did titled “You Are Called.” You can find it on the “Refocus App.”) “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might” (Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV). “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men” (Colossians 3:23 ESV). What is in […]
Join Me on My New Journey
I have been given an opportunity to be a content contributor on this new app called “Refocus.” I am one among many contributors. This app has many different short devotions/teachings that will help you “refocus” your day by putting God first. My first 7-day devotion is: “You Are Called!” It is a short teaching on […]
Beautiful Chaos
Genesis 1:1 tells us God had just created the heavens and the earth. The next verse (1:2), we read, “Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” FORMLESS and EMPTY The Hebrew words for formless and empty in […]
Windows of Opportunity
The sun wasn’t even up yet. I was still in and out of sleep — mostly in. That’s when my 14-year-old son knocks on my bedroom door telling me it is time to get up. (“Just five more minutes?! PLEASSSSE!”) No deal! He is my son who has special needs. When he says it’s time […]