It’s end of business day on a Wednesday. Tomorrow is Thursday, and the day after is Friday. And Friday is my final day of full-time employment outside of the home. At 5:00, I will leave the building I have called my work home for nearly four years, and I will leave my key fob behind.…
A few days ago, I had a crazy dream. And I’m still processing through it but I wanted to share it because it left me with this overwhelming sense of joy and peace. And writing always helps me see what God is revealing to me through things, so welcome to the method of Sam figuring…
Have you ever heard the phrase, “be careful what you wish for?” Mm. I have. And I’m pretty confident I’m living it (and I don’t say that bitterly at all). But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control… (Galatians 5:22-23 NLT)…
Listening to a sermon series on iTunes today, I was reminded of a story in my own life. When I was young, I used to babysit for friends of my parents that are basically my family members after all these years. In the summertime, I practically lived in their home and went everywhere with them.…
So, this has been amazing. I re-committed this blog to what the Lord was doing in my life at any given moment, to the point of being painfully honest. Because that level of transparency and realness is what reaches people. It’s what reached me four years ago, and it led me to say “I want…
I remember the sound of my breath as it left my body the first time I was thrown into the ground, but I don’t remember the fear I felt anymore, as I was held by my throat with the weight of a man on chest and arms. I cannot recall the alarms that were undoubtedly…
Yesterday was Mother’s Day. Technically, it was my eighth Mother’s Day if you consider my very first Mother’s Day the one that happened in 2009 when I was pregnant with my oldest. It was my fourth Mother’s Day since I met my husband and my second since I married him. This was my first Mother’s…
Psalm 56. I am LIVING this Psalm 56 right now, guys. And I blew my mind to read it today. I just heard a pretty painfully convicting sermon on the game of comparison that came back to this scripture penned from the heart of David. I say that it was convicting because I’ve been doing A…
I was saved by Christ when I was 22. I did not grow up in a Christian home. We were “Catholic,” attending church on holidays, but once I had reached First Communion, I was allowed to quit the classes. So it goes without saying that I didn’t have a lot of friends and family who…
Imagine sitting at home on a Saturday evening, reading a book by the fire in your pajamas perhaps, when the door bell rings. Curiously, you rise and peek out the window. There’s your husband, standing just outside the door with a bouquet of flowers. Of course you’re going to open the door, heart racing because…
***originally published on Whole Magazine November 6, 2014*** I’m not quite sure how to approach this topic, because depression is indeed a sensitive subject and I’m no licensed, or even an educated counselor. What I am, though, is a follower of Christ who also happens to suffer from depression. It is actually a perplexing paradox…
***originally published on Whole Magazine January 15, 2015*** 2015. Brand new year, brand new start. Right now, my social media feeds are flooded with inspirational quotes encouraging women, sparking them to believe in themselves and their ability to change this year, as well as their ability to stick to the things that they have set…
