Mama gently placed her hand on my nervously moving leg, as if to say without words, “Calm down.” She didn’t need to say anything; she didn’t even make eye contact with me. She simply touched me with that mama touch. I’m one of those who has mistakenly lived many years with the belief that “busy […]
Category: christian women
Thirty Seconds Thursday
God heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds. Psalm 147:3 CEB If your heart is broken, you’ll find God right there;if you’re kicked in the gut, he’ll help you catch your breath. Psalm 34:18 The Message How do you respond when someone shares the pain and hurt that comes out of their journey with grief? In less […]
“Resistance Training Isn’t Just for the Weight Room”
I heard a teacher of the Word, Phylicia Masonheimer, founder of “Every Woman a Theologian”, encourage women to develop the habit of ‘showing up before we feel like we need it.’ In other words, do the work of diligently seeking the Lord before we are in the throes of life. Because that’s what we seem […]
Lift Your Spirit
End of the week and maybe you’re jumping for joy … and maybe you’re not … yet. There are weeks and then there are weeks, can anyone relate? Work deadlines, financial deadlines … you may have some very difficult deadlines staring at you right now and my heart melts for you. Possibly decision deadlines pertaining […]
Therapy and Theology Thursday
1 The one who lives under the protection of the Most Highdwells in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,my God, in whom I trust.” Psalm 91:1-2 HCSB We are called to live in peace with one another. Sounds ideal. But living in a fallen world, we can only […]
