I leaned against the windowsill and traced the cold, hard, stones with my fingertips. I stretched out as far as I could to breathe in the cool night air. Even the glowing torches below, couldn’t snuff out the light of a thousand diamonds in the sky. Though my heart ached, I couldn’t cry a single tear. When had I become like those stones: cold, hard, impenetrable?
Read More“It took so much courage for you to expose yourself like that!” commented a dear woman after I spoke at an event. Hmmmm… It never occurred to me that I was “exposing myself”.
Read MoreGod sees, even in the most private places. In the most degrading and dark circumstances, He sees the wickedness being committed against His children. And God deals with it in His way and in His time.
Read MoreSarah, dear Sarah, of all of the women I have studied in the scriptures, I find in you my “kindred spirit”. In your life, I see my own questions, struggles, fears and weaknesses portrayed.
Read More“I feel so discarded.” Those heavy-hearted words rang through on a text. I knew my friend was in the midst of a painful breakup, but the word “discarded” implied so much more than just the loss of a relationship. In that one word were feelings of being used up, unnecessary, rejected, and unwanted.
Read MoreMany women know what it is like to have a husband choose someone else as their lover and companion, shattering their hearts into a million pieces. Unfortunately, many less know how to praise the Lord in the midst of their pain. But, at least for a time, Leah knew. She knew, as the psalmist wrote: “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
Read MoreThere was not much room in my early experience with Christianity for authenticity, struggle, or “Messy Christianity” as my friends and I liked to call it.
Read MoreThe door burst open and early morning light instantly flooded the room. Men shouted accusations. One walked over to her and yanked her from the bed of her lover. She managed to wrap a sheet clumsily around herself before she was hastily pushed out the door. The air was still cool and she shivered now both from fear and from cold.
Read MoreDo you ever feel as though you aren't worthy? That if God, or others really knew what you are like, there would be no room for you? That if the people in church knew your past sins, or current struggles, you'd be on the outside looking in? If so, read the following story and be amazed. It's about you. And it's about me. It's about how every single one of us is pursued by Jesus, right where we are...
Read MoreStrip us down to our bare souls, and we’re all pretty much alike… Each of us longing for significance, love, security, friendship, and struggling with loneliness, fear, loss and disappointment.
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