Girls the last time we chatted, we discussed living wholeheartedly for Christ.  Now we are working on living whole minded.  The definition of whole minded is giving ones’s whole mind to something. As believers, we need to intentionally give our mind to Christ so that we can walk in the freedom of  a Spirit led mind.  There are many things that can cloud our mind … Continue reading Letting Go of Hurt

It was 6:40am on a Thursday morning in September when the alarm startled me awake.  Ugh, “I’m late!”  I quickly rushed to the other side of the house to wake the sleepy boys for school. Starting with the slowest mover in the top bunk I stroked the head and spoke softly, no response. I gently laid hold of the arm tucked just under the covers, … Continue reading In His Name-Cut it Down

Holy, holy, holyThough the darkness hide theeThough the eye of sinful manThy glory may not seeOnly Thou art holy,There is none beside Theeperfect in power, in love and purity. This is a hymn written by Bishop Reginald Heber that I grew up singing and it became one of my favorites. Although it is about the trinity, I love it because it rightfully reminds me how … Continue reading Thinking on these Things

“Taking Captive” (2 Corinthians 10:5)                                   Intentional: done on purpose; deliberate. Since we’ve known each other for a few words now, I feel like its an appropriate time to lay it all out there. While it’s hard to admit, I have struggled at times with complacency, even apathy, when it comes to my walk with Christ. It’s not usually a big, dramatic thing. It looks like … Continue reading Taking Captive

There were so many different ways that I thought about introducing this topic, but growing up as a very visual and imaginative learner, I wanted to be able to describe something tangible for you to imagine as we continue, so I chose plants. I LOVE plants. I love the look of them, the smell of them and everything about plants because our great God made … Continue reading Renewing Our Minds

As I sit to type this post, I marvel that we are turning the calendar into the final quarter of this year. The retail stores are full of autumn and Christmas decorations and I find myself looking forward to special meals and times with family and friends. Whether we consciously recognize it or not, we measure all of our lives in some sort of fraction. … Continue reading Whole Minded

As a little girl, I was always mesmerized by my Grandmother when she would sit in her living room, pick up her guitar and begin to pluck it’s strings. Those same hands had made biscuits that morning, folded some laundry, cut up potatoes for dinner and now cradled the neck of this guitar so gently and yet firm enough to sustain the melody of her … Continue reading Victory in Jesus

Years ago, one of the ladies in the Bible study I attended suffered a miscarriage.  It had been her first pregnancy, and she was devastated.  As you can imagine, this affected every area of her life and was causing a lot of stress.  So we prayed for her as a group, and then you know what I did when she and I walked out together?  Nothing. … Continue reading Victory on the Battlefield

I prayed about a specific scripture and direction for this topic. As I prayed, I just felt like God sweetly reminded me of all the times He spoke to me when I was sitting with the sick. He has used so many passages of scriptures and sweet verses to carry me through times that seemed super dark.   Instead of giving me one piece of scripture to focus … Continue reading Ministering to the Wounded

Sin.  A word that holds many connotations, a word that comes with a lot of baggage.  This word means different things to different people, mostly having to do with your religious background. To some, when we hear the word we immediately feel self condemned and ashamed. To others, we feel as though the word is almost a taboo, like it doesn’t matter because it doesn’t … Continue reading Our Greatest Enemy