I’ve never been a morning person, but as the years have gone on I’ve grown to appreciate morning time more than ever before. I’m the type of person that is just not “with it” in the mornings. It takes me a while to become fully awake. My most awake time of the day is right before I go to bed. My [Read More]
Faith
The Perfect Prayer
When I was a kid and going to Sunday school, we talked about the right way to pray. Perfect prayers. It was about kneeling and being sincere. You didn’t raise your voice in frustration. You didn’t pray about “dumb” things. You prayed about taking care of people (bless mommy and daddy and grandma) [Read More]
Keep Encouraging Each Other
It's hard to encourage each other sometimes because we are SO BOGGED DOWN with our own stuff. But I find that when I do can put aside the grief and heartache I carry, I can focus my attention to others, and in doing this God is able to help heal me and them at the same time. Each moment we offer a [Read More]
Nature and the Indulgence of Prayer
I am inspired by nature and really, when I pray I think about the fact that God created all this amazing stuff and yet I still get to have his time. He wants to know me. I feel as if prayer is quite indulgent for this reason and something that when I do it I feel spoiled, because the creator of the [Read More]
The Freeing Power of Forgiveness
I've been thinking a lot about forgiveness. People misunderstand it sometimes. At least, I used to misunderstand it. I used to think that when I forgave I was letting someone "off the hook." But as I got older, I realized the freeing power of forgiveness and how much it lifts the burdens of anger [Read More]
