And that’s when I heard it, “Hold space for them.” “Hold space for them? What does that mean?” I asked God. I sat there in my car in the parking lot of the addiction rehab I taught at and knew God was calling me to embark on a journey with these women. As I hung […]
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I’m bowed over the sink washing the last of the dishes with tears in my eyes. Doors slammed. I don’t know how it suddenly got so loud, and we both lost it. Our arguing, it can go in circles. Seemed more frequent. And I’m thinking, as I washed the last pot, there’s got to be
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Every morning I drive pass cotton fields on the way to dropping the kids off at school. God speaks clearly through these fields. It’s funny how seasons change. It uses to be the beach, and now it’s a cotton field. The road slightly bends and curves around, like a curtain drawing back God relieves the
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“To accept the dark nights is to accept being human…It is to accept being who I am. This is holiness.” Maria Edwards On this journey of life, there are unexpected bends in the road, and sometimes mountains we never thought we have to overcome, and it’s scary and downright overwhelming. You feel alone; you feel
“I think we should do a calendar together. I’ll paint a watercolor for each month, and you could write a few lines of inspiration to go along with the painting.” I’m seated alone, about a year after my sister uttered these thoughts on one of our phone dates, working on that very calendar. A dream
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The pool in our backyard had just been completed, and all my children except one jumped in without a second thought, without fear. But my youngest was four years old, and until now, he hadn’t been around much water. As I helped him put on his bathing suit, I told him how much fun he
Welcome to my Summer Blog Swap. Over the next four weeks, I am inviting four of my writing friends to this space to share their hearts and perspective. It’s a fun way to introduce some of my favorite writers to all of you. This week I would like you to meet Dorina Lazo Gilmore. We met
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Welcome to my Summer Blog Swap. Over the next four weeks, I am inviting four of my writing friends to this space to share their hearts and perspective. It’s a fun way to introduce some of my favorite writers to all of you. This week I would like you to meet my friend Tara Dickson.
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Life really could be full of the best things if we could learn to let go and trust our Maker. Are we not the vine and He’s the gardener? When all 7 of us prepare the ground for a garden, my heart races with anticipation for the coming harvest. I wrote more about it Here.
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“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing” John 15:5. As I stand at the base of the garden, listening to the quite of the evening, meditating on the words of Jesus in
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