Mother Teresa once said, “If we want to love, we must learn how to forgive.” Forgiveness and unfailing love are at the very core of God’s being. God’s love knows no bounds, and He has gone to great lengths to forgive us. Forgiveness is not easy, and the wounds of some offenses are deep and hard to let go of. The offenses can often be reciprocated, and the offense only worsens and festers because it is too painful to let... Read more
I am not here to convince you that miracles exist. If I try to convince you to believe in miracles, then that defeats the point. Miracles are built on the foundation of faith. If you do not believe that miracles are possible, I cannot convince you otherwise. If a miracle or healing occurs and you don’t believe in it, you will find a way to discredit it. Today, I will not try to convince you. Instead, I will share my... Read more
As a mom, living the full life doesn’t take much, but it might take a lot out of you. I believe motherhood is one of the most challenging jobs on the planet. I don’t know how I could continue on the journey of motherhood without God’s word and His promises. Many Bible verses about moms are encouraging and designed to give you hope during the wonderful ride of motherhood. That said, Mother’s Day can be one of the hardest days... Read more
I was lying on the couch with my weighted blanket pressing against my body. It felt like those protective X-ray aprons the dentist puts over you before they take pictures of your teeth. My new weighted blanket was like a trusted friend to whom I didn’t have to talk. I could lie there and be sad, which was great because I didn’t want to tell anyone what I was going through. It was a very depressing and dark circumstance, and... Read more
“Do you trust yourself?” my therapist asked me as I started telling her about some issues I was struggling with. Trust has always been a problem for me. From freely trusting anyone who walked into the room and immediately becoming friends—to not trusting the people closest to me—my thoughts and feelings on the subject often tossed me “to and fro” with each new suspicious twitch of the eye or the story someone told me that “didn’t add up” or make... Read more
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