The 2020 Pandemic Exposed My Weaknesses, Defenses, Strengths, and Potential

Not unlike most of the world, 2020 threw me into a tailspin and exposed a shadow side I was unaware of. My last post was a tribute to turning 50, where the future was my to possess. Little did I know four weeks later, everyone's world would be turned upside down. And I would see just how emotionally unhealthy I really was.
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A Letter to My 8-Year-Old Self

You'll spend a lot of your life feeling like you don't fit in. Most of the time, you'll believe it's because you're not enough, and then you'll swing to you're just too much. Somewhere along the way, you'll lose yourself, but you'll discover her again. You will actually fall in love with her, and fitting in won't seem to be that big of a deal. But it will suck that the revelation comes so much later in life.

He Leads Me His Way

  FORERUNNER Making a path where one did not exist,carving out a tributary for others to flow. The view ahead I cannot see, It does not look as though a path should be. But He leads me that way... Branches, logs, precipice, and…

If You Could Ask About Scripture What Would Your Question Be?

In Hebrew, "Beit" means house. "Midrash" comes from the word root that means to seek, to search out, to dig for meaning. A Beit Midrash is a House of Study or a House of Interpretation. It can be traced back to early Rabbinic literature as…

Making My Words Count - Not Counting My Words

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14   Every time I blog, I count the words I write. Keeping it short and to the point keeps people's…

Parenting: The Long-Term Investment

  Whatever you do, work with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for men. Col. 3:23 You can do it, there you go.... Look she's standing all by herself! Oh, he's scooting across the floor! Did you get that first step on video? Brush…

Searching For Loyalty

I WAS CHOSEN!!! Yep, that's how I felt when the judge asked the attorneys if there was any reason why I could not sit on the jury. I stood up and took my oath, and swore to do my best to listen and weigh all that would be shared with me in…