Being raised as an only child in a modest home with a stay-at-home, Hispanic, Catholic Mom and a hardworking, Anglo Episcopalian WWII Veteran Dad, I grew to always love and respect God and to have a consistent, strong work ethic. These were daily observations for me during my growing up years. I was driven, dropped […]
I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34:4 ESV “I cannot come back to this, Lord … I just cannot do this anymore!” Ever felt these words come bursting out of your chest? For some of us, not just once but maybe two or three or four times over […]
” … I was just a hot mess on a stick!” – Lisa Harper I know that I can relate … can you, Friend? So embarrassing are the moments that flash across my mind, that I cannot bare to open my eyes — as if someone were peeking into my thought closet seeing what I […]
Don’t you love that feeling when you discover a song that expresses what you can’t find words for? Looking back over my life, I recently found a beautiful song that echoes my heart. “No one ever cared for me like Jesus. His faithful hand has held me all this way. Let it be known, in […]
Christmas was still fresh, as were the décor that was strewn throughout the house. This was round two of the awkwardness of the holidays being lived through the lens of a global pandemic. Depending upon your geographic region, quarantine and social distancing, masking and rigorous disinfecting meant different things, but were all too commonplace and […]
Are you an aspiring writer? Do you have the gift of words? Is there a message in your heart that you feel the Lord wants you to share with others? Titus-two.com is calling on those of you who would like to share their God-given message through the use of their gift of words. This Christ-centered […]
“Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.” – Ruth 1:20 NIV Life’s circumstances brought Naomi to a place of feeling rejected, unloved, and hopeless. Full of sorrow and weary from her […]
My story, well, I suppose it is truly His story told through my life and experiences, isn’t one of those traumatic ones where I was radically saved from an addiction, lifestyle, or other hair-raising circumstance. As such, I felt I didn’t have much to say. Nothing to demonstrate his great and saving power in my […]
Death is inevitable. Pain feels insurmountable. Grief is survivable I know. It sounds counterintuitive to everything we know. We use words like, “I would never survive that.” Or maybe, “I can’t live without you.” Tossed flippantly, we coast through life without much regard or awareness of life. That is until we are faced with a […]
Born to a single mother, who immigrated to America from the Republic of Panama, my father never recognized my sister or I as his children. We were not a priority in his life; he participated when it was convenient for him. My mother was raised Catholic and that is how I was raised. I attended […]
Titus Two 