Sometimes the ins and outs of life are overwhelming. Recently, I’ve awakened from my crazy tunnel vision and realized that most of my interactions with my kids are just barking orders and I’ve been mad at my husband for no reason and everywhere I look there is some mess or another to clean up and … [Read more...]
Soldiers of Christ, Arise
My eyes started to swell with tears while I sang “Soldiers of Christ, Arise” during worship. As I thought about the words of the song, my heart became heavy because I had failed to put on the full armor of God and have not been able to stand firm against the devil in some ways. In Paul’s letter … [Read more...]
Paul’s Relationship Quiz– How Unified are You?
The book of Philippians speaks so strongly on one of the top 5 things that I struggle with in my efforts to be God’s woman. Unity. As a teenager I used to think that whomever I married when I grew up was in for a life of misery. We would never get along. My siblings and I certainly never seemed … [Read more...]
A Dozen and One Foolish Qualities
A fool may be loads of fun in a king's court or at the circus, but it's nothing for a Christian to aspire to. The book of Proverbs has a lot to say about the fool... The fool hates wisdom The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction (Proverbs … [Read more...]
Words of Wisdom
It was so hard trying to choke back the tears that day. My family and I were sharing our last worship service with our brothers and sisters at the El Reno Church of Christ. We were moving away to pursue a new calling in the ministry. My dear friend, Robyn Legg, the minister’s wife approached me. … [Read more...]
That’s Not Funny
I don’t know about you, but I love a good joke. It’s a well-known fact that my sense of humor is fairly easy to satisfy—I’ll laugh at the corniest joke you ever heard—but there are a few jokes I’ve been hearing around that I just don’t think are funny. Dirty jokes. They’re an epidemic. Even in … [Read more...]
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