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In all honesty, it has become increasingly difficult to be able to say this. I know where God has been with me. I know what He has done for me. I’m probably the last person who would have a right to question God about anything. But lately, I’ve been feeling deeply pressed about all of…
Some of y’all are being triggered by the wrong things while turning a blind eye to the real issues. I am especially concerned about people who question my character because they aren’t ready to hear the things I have shared with regards to some of the political shenanigans that have been taking place. If you…
I used to find Merle Haggard’s words comforting. Songs like Silver Wings, If We Make it Through December, and Mama Tried echoed through my childhood as my father was and I suppose, still is, a huge Merle Haggard fan. I took the news of Merle’s death pretty hard as it represented the loss of someone…
Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” ~ John 5:8 NIV~ About fifteen years ago, I suffered an injury that kept me down for about two months. If you know me, you know that I don’t like not being able to do things for myself. I don’t like being sick,…
Narrated by Sara Moser Bartlett. Nattalie Blythe lives in sunny California but can never seem to escape the shadow of her family problems. Her only refuge is the bond she shares with her twin brother, Nathan. But after she is horribly violated by their cousin, even he cannot rescue her from the war raging in…
Read more First Chapter Fridays! The Bottom of This by Tramaine Hannah
Sometimes, it’s difficult to be nice. These days, it seems the trolls are out in full force, just waiting for an opportunity to cut you down. Being a compliant individual by nature, I have been very patient with some of the ridiculous things I’ve seen and heard since the pandemic began. I’ve tried to read…
Read more Today’s Pondering~You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry…
I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. ~Romans 6:19 NIV~ One of the hardest things I’ve dealt with since I’ve been trying to…
Sometimes what we see in the mirror doesn’t accurately reflect who we are. In our vision, we may fail to see the progress that has been made in our hearts long after we have proven that we have, in fact, changed. This failure to be forgiving can keep us from realizing our full potential. It…
But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell? ~Job 28:12 NIV~ On this Inauguration Day, I enjoyed watching the broadcast on television. Hearing the speeches, the poems, the songs, and the prayers. What I did not enjoy was the commentary that followed. Is it absolutely necessary to spend so much time dissecting what…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Lean not on your own understanding…
It’s amazing what a change of perspective can do for you. Sometimes just shifting your field of vision a few degrees away from where you’ve been opens up a whole new set of opportunities. As I was thinking of ways to share with others just how much God has done in my life, I started…
Leading the Follower 