Category: Purpose
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Bringing Light to Dark Places
How do you start your day? Coffee? Shower? Excercise? Excited to get your day started?Hitting snooze 15 times? Dreading what is ahead? To be perfectly honest (and this makes me cringe to say this) each morning starts with dread; the moment I open my eyes. At least, it has been that way. I would wake […]
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Message of Peace
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Ps. 147:3 “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” Ps. 34:18 “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, yes, I will uphold […]
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Wishing time away
This was written by my beautiful (inside & out) 15 year old daughter who has been through way more than any child should have to go through. She has a gift. It spoke to me and where I’m at in this season of life. It was too good not to share. Hopefully it encourages someone […]
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SANGRY
Yep, that’s right, I’m sangry. As a widow, there are lots of days that can’t be adequately described. So what do we do?? We just make up words! So yeah, I’m in sangry mode. I’m sad. I’m angry. Sangry started on Sunday awhile back as I was thinking back to what Sundays used to look […]
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The Struggle is Real
There are things that I hate to admit; mainly because of how I am “supposed“ to think and what I have learned to believe. Those aren’t the things that I would typically write about. But, I realize something… If I only write about the things that would “sit well” with others, I’m not writing with […]
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Hurt n’ Church
I read a FB post about how important it is for Christians to be careful how they treat non believers; especially when it comes to correcting wrongdoing. I have to say that it is also as important to be mindful of how we treat other Christians. Just as much damage can be done there! I […]
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Kids n’ Grief
As incredibly difficult as it has been to deal with pain and loss as an adult, I cannot even begin to imagine what it is like for children. Sure, I see the ways they struggle and I’ve been there to witness how the void left by the loss of their Father effects them. But, I […]
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Purpose N’ Pain
There was a time in my life as a young woman when I felt as though I had gone through more in my life than some ever would in the entirety of theirs. What gave me hope in that was the fact that I somehow, deep down in my heart, believed that God would place […]
All the Things Joni 