I’ve just returned from my writers conference with mixed emotions. On one hand, I met some major goals and learned some usable information. On the other hand, I now have new information that I’ll need to put pen to paper, as the saying goes, and incorporate those lessons into my writing. It feels like I’ve …
Continue reading When You Think You’ve Climbed a Mountain When You’ve Only Crested a Hill
You may recognize this photo from last weeks post, the only difference is the title. I found I wasn’t ready to move on from this topic and I missed linking a wonderful song we sing at church that shares this message. Please take a moment to listen to Cody Carnes Firm Foundation (He Won’t). His …
As I spent time with God, waiting for inspiration for this blog, I felt the Holy Spirit revealing how many of my posts come from my being defensive of my beliefs. How easy it is for me to take offense and allow walls to rise up. And He said to me, don’t live defensive, I …
So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Galatians 6:9 NLT I hate to admit it, but there have been many times in my life when I get to a road block or a challenge on …
God is so funny sometimes. As I considered my blog this morning, I thought about my feelings, that I am a disappointment. Here’s the funny part—I read my daily Bible plan where the author writes about being a people-pleaser, which she notes, also makes her a people-disappointer. Her point was, that when we say yes …
At the beginning of the year I wrote about my word for the year, fresh, and my fears stemming from past experience. (Check it out here: Starting Fresh.) Despite my fears, I have taken the opportunities that God brings my way. One of those opportunities is coming up in a week and a half—the Realm …
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:13-14 ESV My well …
Last year, for a myriad of reasons, I switched my main writing focus from writing my novel to writing my blog post twice a week. For the most part, I have enjoyed writing these posts, they are nice and short and come fairly easy for me. My friends and family give me positive feedback and …
What are you waiting for? We wait for so many things, from waiting for the checker to finish with the person in front of us, to waiting for a solution that will take away our pain. (Man, I really had trouble not listing all the things for which we wait.) The minor things can cause …
I listened to a teaching by Ginny Yttrup yesterday, titled You Can Do This! This was my second time listening, yet it was this year that it lit up like a lightbulb. In fact, this post came out of doing what she said to do when you get stuck: Pause, pray, and persevere. The best …
The Far Reaches of Grace 