Category: General
My monthly article written for: Intercessory Prayer Network SE
Pain, sorrow, disappointment, heartache, sadness -- these are a part of life.
There is nothing we can do to escape the difficulties of life. At one time or
another we will all experience a time of grief....
I am a crier, and I am glad that I am. But it has not always
been that way. I am not sure when my distorted view of tears was formed. I just
know that sometime in my childhood, I latched onto the idea that crying is a
sign of weakness. When I was growing up, I cried about basically...
Tears were rolling down my cheeks as I was driving away from
my mother’s house last summer. My heart was deeply touched when the realization
hit me: My mother lives in the ghetto. But the difference between my mother,
and others that live in the ghetto, is that she lives...
My monthly article written for : Intercessory Prayer Network SE
After the birth of my firstborn child, I was in tremendous
need of friendship. I was new to the great adventure of motherhood, and I needed
all the support I could find. I saw an ad in the local...
Twenty-three years ago on this day, I stood before God with
my husband, Michael, and entered into the covenant of marriage. There was no way I could fully understand the meaning of the vows we made that day. But there was one thing I knew for certain. The one I promised to honor and...
Article written for Intercessory Prayer Network SE:
When I was twenty years old, I wrote a prayer to God,
expressing my desire to learn to depend on Him like an infant with her mother.
If I had known what was in store for me, I don't know that I would have been
brave...
It’s very interesting to see how the seasons of the year (winter, spring, summer and fall) parallel with the seasons of my life. I remember one summer during a difficult
season of my life, praying desperately for God’s intervention. There were
intense circumstances surrounding...
Article written for Intercessory Prayer Network Southeast:
Every little girl and little boy has dreams in their hearts.
God places those dreams there for a purpose. He knows that their dreams will
someday be the fuel that pushes them into their destiny. When I was a child, my...
Earlier this week, I saw a clip on television about orphans
in Africa. As I sat there watching a story
about two orphan girls in Ethiopia,
my eyes glistened with tears and my heart shifted from heaviness to lightness.
I needed something to jolt my mind into focusing on God’s vision...
If there were a magic solution to life’s problems and I could be delivered from all hardship, I would choose to hold onto the problems. As I look back over my life, there are countless blessings that have come to me as a direct result of the difficulties in my life. Would I really...