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The Tourist: Sojourners in this World
The Tourist 1 Peter 2:11-12 – Friends, this world is not your home, so don’t make yourselves cozy in it. Don’t indulge your ego at the expense of your soul. Live an exemplary life among the natives so that your actions will refute their prejudices. Then they’ll be won...
Memories: The day I like to forget
Memories: The day I like to forget. October 17, 1989 marks a very unique day in my life. What started as a normal day, ended in me being the victim of a 1st degree robbery with a deadly weapon – (click to watch my story). It is also the same day a 6.9 earthquake...
Dream
Dream Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed. I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will uphold you with my victorious right hand. Have you ever had a dream that you knew was from God? At first, you are so excited; you want to...
Detach: Do we need to know how the sausage is made?
Detach. What a crazy time we live in. Some days it seems overwhelming to my heart and mind. In one moment, I am watching a video showing the killing of a weaponless person. In the next instant, it may be a political argument and in the next minute checking out new...
The Unfiltered Mouth: 4 lessons dealing with verbal abuse
The Unfiltered Mouth: 4 lessons dealing with verbal abuse It really is distressing to be the target of someone with an unfiltered mouth. I am not talking about someone who “over shares”; I am talking about that person who tears you apart like a dog to a T-bone. As the...
Breathe
Breathe Inhale. Exhale. Repeat. Breathing seems easy, until it’s not. Years ago as a school counselor, I was asked to go help a little boy who was a having a terrible time in the classroom. As I approached him standing in the hallway, all I could see was a little boy...
Broken Friendship
Broken Friendship “A true friend knows your weakness, but reminds you of your strengths” It took me years to realize this was a good sign of a healthy friendship. In my younger years, I had a broken sense of friendship. I assumed when I shared a weakness, a difficulty...
Where does your heart long for?
Where does your heart long for? When you dream of the most beautiful, perfect place to be in this world, where does your heart long for? Is it a white sandy beach, a mountaintop experience, or in the arms of a true love? Perhaps, it is somewhere alive with people such...
God Doesn’t Define Us by Our “Worst Day”
Thankfully, God doesn’t define us by our “worst day” Can you recall your “worst day”…perhaps, you have quite a few!? Was it weeks, months or years ago? When you remember that day, do you feel your heart drop, a sense of shame or embarrassment come over you? Do you...
Do You See Me?
Do you see me? Eye contact is a complicated language. It can speak love, creepiness, shadiness, self-esteem, confidence, elitism, hurt, kindness or shame. It can be said, “There is in the eye, a tongue that cannot be silenced.” Ultimately, eye contact speaks “I see...