Holding Onto Hope: How To

Is there something you have been hoping God would bring about for a long time? Something that you’ve kept close to your heart, prayed for time and again, even begged for—all the while believing God heard you and was at work behind the scenes to bring it to pass. Seven years ago I visited a … Continue reading Holding Onto Hope: How To

Rest for the Busy Person: How To

I’m in that category—the one called “If you want something done, give it to a busy person”—with my Type-A perfectionist personality. [I haven’t taken the time to figure out my Enneagram yet, since it will probably tell me what I already know.] So not only am I a busy person, I’m one who finds significant … Continue reading Rest for the Busy Person: How To

Prayer for the ADHD Mind: How To

I once had a vision of myself on my knees, hands and arms raised, in one surrender-type motion. I had this feeling that’s what God was asking of me, but I thought, I don’t need to pray on my knees. I can pray sitting down just the same. But I failed to acknowledge the fact … Continue reading Prayer for the ADHD Mind: How To

There Really is Hope for Us (6/14/2023)

I thought my chains of food addiction had been broken forever. The last six months taught me that the journey was not over. The weight kept piling on—I felt powerless to stop it. The hope that I clung to kept getting pulled farther and farther out of my grasp, just no end in sight. Last … Continue reading There Really is Hope for Us (6/14/2023)

Breaking the Chains of Food Addiction (1/12/2023)

FEAR has kept me bound in the ugly chains of food addiction for so long. I believed that my hypoglycemia would cause me to fall apart if I didn’t eat as soon as I got hungry. I was so afraid that if I waited too long, I would get agitated quickly (“hangry”), that my dropping … Continue reading Breaking the Chains of Food Addiction (1/12/2023)

Building Trust in a Life Devoid (10/24/2022)

Trustworthiness is a place of loving devotion whereby a sense of safety, peace and kindship are in effect. Without trustworthiness, love would be moot, because it wouldn’t be true. We know that we are loved by God because He is trustworthy. How do we know He is trustworthy? “Faithful and absolutely trustworthy is He who … Continue reading Building Trust in a Life Devoid (10/24/2022)

The Heart of My Heart, Not the Scale of My Scale (10/7/2022)

This is a heart battle. After 44 years of making it a scale battle, I stand focused on the changing of my heart instead. I have confessed my food addiction, I have been freed from pleasing the measuring stick, and I’m prepared to put God at the heart of my heart. The scale of my … Continue reading The Heart of My Heart, Not the Scale of My Scale (10/7/2022)

A Food Addict’s Confession (8/22/2022)

Confession brings healing. A step in the right direction. Even if it’s just one. I am both a creative and a numbers person, so the biblical significance of numbers is never lost on me. August, the eighth month of the year, already lends itself to fresh starts—new school years for many, a sign of autumn, … Continue reading A Food Addict’s Confession (8/22/2022)

Sweet Surrender (8/17/2022)

I wear a necklace called “Surrender,” a person on their knees with their arms lifted and hands open together, a person ready to release all that they are, to give it all heavenward, to give whatever He needs to take, and to take whatever He needs to give. “Renew” and “surrender” were God’s focus words … Continue reading Sweet Surrender (8/17/2022)

Three Essential Premarital Choices (8/6/2022)

In light of the marriage conference that we will host this fall, I have been digging into scripture for wisdom regarding choices we all must make in our lives, leading up to marriage, that will define the rest of our journeys. Whether we are single, married, widowed or divorced now, we face the same requirements … Continue reading Three Essential Premarital Choices (8/6/2022)