If I were to title this blog post, I’d use this title (which is also good advice): Make Friends with Your Fear Truly, do this! Fear has value. I know it does! I’ve seen fear work to my benefit.…
AW Tozer wrote: A scared world needs a fearless church! Indeed, it does!!!!!!! As this pandemic moves us further into abnormal, we’re seeing the church being the church in new and diverse ways. It’s bringing about the need to…
A blank page is God’s way of showing us how hard it is to be God. -Anonymous- Some days I get to this place… The white page in front of me… The blinking cursor accusing me with every flash……
We’ve been looking at common “Giants of Fear”… (Unpredictability/Loss of control, Scarcity) This week is no different…and, this giant is quick to put us into bondage. fear of man I’m pretty certain, it’s the most common giant I face.…
As already mentioned, loss of control is the #1 reason many of us are prone to fear. Any guesses what #2 is? I’ve alluded to it a couple of times….. Scarcity. When I first shared this thought, I talked…
This past weekend, I participated in a Velvet Ashes retreat. VA exists to support women who are serving overseas in many capacities. Their mission statement is dear to my heart. Having lived, and served, a short time overseas, my…
(Two of my favorite things, right here – My Bible and the Beach! The Lord seems to whisper more loudly anytime I’m near the ocean!) At the end of Day 5, I mentioned I would give you the list…
To introduce today’s lesson on the journey to #bebrave, I must go back several years. I was much younger. Our kiddos were little. We were living in Kenya, at Rift Valley Academy, and to the best of our know-how,…
I asked Bay to hang this picture ⇡ at Gramma Dottie’s little house a week or so ago. There just wasn’t a spot at my house; so, now it will showcase a wall in her bedroom. It spent a…
Day 2 on this journey to #bebrave was just a little bit “clinical.” No interesting stories. Just facts about emotions…targeting fear. We’re going to look a little deeper into the emotion of fear (which is, undoubtedly, the most intense…