When I think of the night that Christ was born, I seriously get chills. The savior of this world, the Prince of Peace, was born in a stable. He was laid in a manger. A place where animals stay. A place that was messy and dirty. God could have planned for him to be born…
Tag: Faith
Harboring Unforgiveness is Like Drinking Poison and Expecting the Other Person to Die.
Forgiveness is something I struggle with on a daily basis. The old me wants to hold on to that grudge. To not forgive. To let them know how bad they hurt me. But my pastor said it best when he said harboring unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. When…
Stars Can Not Shine Without Darkness
A year ago today, I was pregnant with what would ultimately be my third miscarriage. I was scared, sad, and felt so alone. “How could this be happening to me again”, I remember thinking. I look back over this past year and can see the growth of the person God knew I could be. Through…
What if God said he was too busy?
It’s pretty crazy how time flies by as we get older. As a child the days, weeks, months leading up to Christmas seemed like forever. Oh to go back to those days when time stood still. Now, time can’t slow down fast enough. Each day and week flies by with the blink of an eye. …
When God Shows Up
Yesterday was a bad day for me. I was dealing with a horrible hormonal headache from annolvuatory bleeding. I was feeling so low and hopeless. Feeling that another child would probably not be in my future. What if something happened during my D&C that has caused an eternal issue? What if I’m not ovulating and…
One of those days
It’s hard to want to write or basically do anything when you’re waking up with a headache every single day. Hormones….I hate you. Surge of estrogen they call it, yet it feels like a surge of little jack hammers going to town on my head. It’s hard to focus, work, be in a room with…
Getting through the storm
Arkansas weather is pretty crazy, unpredictable, and quite erratic at times. Monday it was cold and damp with an high of 38 degrees. Yesterday it was gorgeous and sunny reaching a lovely 70 degrees. My kind of weather for sure. With the drastic change in temperature from day to day we see a lot of…
Turn your “What if” to “Even if”
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorder in the United States. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), 40 million Americans over the age of 18 are affected by anxiety — roughly 18 percent of the nation’s population. Of those 40 million people, 15 million suffering from social anxiety disorder, 14.8…
The Whisper
Growing up I was not the best child. Actually, I was probably one of the worst. I was into everything I shouldn’t have been because I was rebelling due to my parents nasty divorce. And like any child going through something like that I just wanted attention. I wanted to be noticed. My best friend…
What would Jesus do?
The Thanksgiving Holiday is upon us. Last year we started a tradition to drive up to Branson, Missouri with my in laws to spend the week. It’s a tourist city with tons of shows, food, all decorated for Christmas. My daughter is finally getting old enough to enjoy all the magic of Christmas so watching…
I am living in freedom 