When You Feel Alone and Afraid
When our daughter’s birthmother tenderly placed Eliana in my arms and said, “I want to be the first one to wish you a Happy Mother’s Day,” I sobbed with joy. After ten years of waiting to be called “Mama,” I was completely undone. As I carried our beautiful gift out of that hospital room, suddenly […]
The Ugly Truth About Soul Care
Lately, I’ve been really dry spiritually. Thirsty. Not super close to the LORD. I don’t like to admit that. No one does. It makes us feel guilty or ashamed. Like we are a bad Christian if we’re not walking in ecstasy with Jesus. Or afraid of being judged. Some will automatically insist I’m harboring some […]
How To Get Rid of Negative Self-Talk
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The Unexplainable Church, Why Doesn’t God Show Up?
Why hasn’t God shown up? The Philippian Church needs Paul to answer this question. They want to know why God has not chosen to intervene in Paul’s circumstances. And if you are anything like me, you’ve got some circumstances in which you’re also wondering if and when God is going to show up! That One Time […]
The Unexplainable Church, “I Have Nothing to Offer” & Other Lies We Believe
I Have Nothing to Offer I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard, “I’d like to be involved, but I have nothing to offer.” I understand this fear of inadequacy. It’s a lie from the enemy. You DO have something to offer, He knows if you believed in your value, we would have The Unexplainable Church. 3 […]
How I Finally Embraced An Unexplainable Life
What I’m going to share with you today isn’t easy, so please be gentle with me. But the truth hurts sometimes, and if I can’t write about real struggles, then I don’t want to write at all. Sometimes being honest is the most unexplainable thing we can do. God brought me to an ugly realization […]
Figuring Out What You’re Really Afraid Of
God brought me to an ugly truth about myself. He tenderly and mercifully revealed to me that I cared more about how others perceived me than how He did.
“Child, you will never be the woman I created you to be, if you continue to live in fear of rejection by others.”