faith

When my son first became involved in sports, he did so through a league for children with special needs. One of the unique aspects of this sports league is how they assigned buddies, who were teenagers, to the athletes in need of assistance when playing. A buddy could be seen helping an athlete swing a

My junior year of high school was focused on just one thing: the SATs. I prepared. I practiced. I prayed. But none of that seemed to matter. My stomach felt as if it was in a perpetual state of being in knots. Worry filled my mind constantly. I worried that my score wouldn’t be high

I have been taking a stroll down memory lane again … as you can see from the photo :) This time I stopped at the very first tragedy my husband and I ever experienced in our marriage. I remember how our hearts were broken and we grieved immensely. The pain seemed to be more than

The following is an excerpt from my prayer journal written last month: “Dear God, I have been having stomach pain for the past 3-4 days.  Everything I eat is causing me discomfort.  So, I’m hungry because I am afraid to eat anything as it will lead to discomfort. I decided to call in sick at work,

Do you ever feel like your circumstances have IMPOSSIBLE written all over them? That’s how my husband and I felt when we decided to move from New York to Texas. The decision seemed monumental within itself that we had no idea what the hurdles were going to be like ahead of us. Although he had a

Is there a need you have been praying about for a LONG time? Maybe there are days you feel as if you may not receive the answer any day soon. Perhaps all of the waiting is choking any hope you have left. I think that’s what my husband may have felt like in the early years

I don’t know about you, but my Friday evenings are typically relaxing. However, that was NOT the case this past Friday. After snapping photos throughout the school year, I finally compiled them into a slide show for our community’s end of the year celebration. But there I was, minutes before leaving for the celebration, prompted to watch

Were you ever the new kid at school? It’s hard enough getting adjusted to new kids, teachers and classes…but when it really hits…is lunch time.   WHO DO I SIT WITH?? Now that I’ve traumatized you with a middle school flashback, fast forward with me to a couple of months ago. Our department at work

I went to bed last night knowing that I was going to have a rough day at work today.  I woke up this morning at 4 am with a pounding headache.  “What a way to start an already miserable day”, I thought as I stumbled to the kitchen in the dark. I took some medicine and

I heard a bit of this sermon on the way to church last week and something in my spirit spurred me  to find it online and listen to it completely. Somewhere in my spirit, I had been wallowing in discouragement, waiting for God to show up in certain situations with lightening and thunder and mountains moving.