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Discover the Bible’s Secret to Peace

I’ve found when I leave worry and stress behind, God lavishes me with His perfect peace. Moms worry about their children, but what happens when your child goes silent, when they are wayward? Today, I share how I gave my worries to God and kept my sanity in a traumatic and tragic situation.

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Why Do We Need to Conquer Emotional Strongholds?

During my husband’s battle with leukemia, I feared losing him.
I was prone to all sorts of emotional strongholds as worry depression and insecurities controlled me. Are you there right now, my friend? You don’t have to stay there. Jesus has freed us, and
we can add the Word of God to the armor of God and build a powerful prayer strategy to break free of that emotional stronghold.

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Guide Dog Tale: Why Did God Allow This?

My sweet, Iva brings out the protective momma bear instincts in me. She has been attacked by lose dogs twice while we have been walking. The last incident occurred three months ago. I have asked God why He allowed the attack. He should have protected us.
Do you ever wonder why God allows bad things to happen? Why Does God allow the accident that alters someone’s life? Why does God allow disease? Why does God allow my chemistry to be prone to depression?

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Love Shouldn’t Have to Hurt

Is it safe to say we all desire love? But sometimes love creates pain. For many years, I tried to fill the void in my heart, but I was looking for love in all the wrong places. And not in the face of Jesus Christ. Through those seasons, I never knew Jesus.

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New! Peace in a Warring World

For weeks after my spinal fusion surgery, I doubted myself. I even doubted God. Had I misunderstood the peace about this major surgery in the months preceding it? Could I even be sure of what God lays upon my heart?

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How Can We Possess Strong Faith, Not Weak Faith?

I didn’t feel the epidural, until the steroids hit my leg. As I moaned, the doctors encouraged me, “We hit the sweet spot!” Afterward, they explained that my back was so inflamed they couldn’t get the full dose of medicine. I would need a series of injections.
I didn’t want to hear that, because I believed God would heal me through this one. I also know that God often has a better plan. Like me screaming, “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!” while enduring that pain that no accurate description can describe.
I came to this passage last night. Abraham and Sarah knew the facts. Physically conceiving a child and carrying it full term was impossible, just like the facts about my injections. But Abraham and Sarah didn’t waver at doubt. In spite of the facts, they believed the promise of God when God promised Abraham, he would become a father to many descendants.

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