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When God Walks Beside Us Wearing Someone Else’s Shoes
Have you ever wondered why it feels like God isn’t there when you are going through your most challenging seasons? Do you ever wonder if He notices you struggle when life is hard and you are holding on to your faith by a thread? Let’s talk about the possibility that God is there all along. He is just wearing someone else’s shoes. On a cold and blustery winter’s day, I spotted a solitary bird nest peering through the barren limbs of my Dogwood tree. I passed by the tree at least a thousand times during the summer and had never once noticed it was there. The foliage of summer completely…
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The Power of Words
I have often wondered what the words were that Jesus stooped to write that day in scripture. (John 8: 6-8) The day the woman was brought before him surrounded by would be assailants ready to hurl their stones. His words changed the outcome that day. Words so powerful that the stones dropped one by one and a woman’s life was miraculously saved. I’ve experienced powerful words in my own life. Witnessed first hand what they can do. Words that broke my heart. Words that made me burn with anger. I have also been the recipient of words that wrapped my heart up like a warm blanket and brought comfort…