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Spiderwebs Sticky

  One day on a nature walk I stopped and watched a plain, black spider weave together a spiderweb that took my breath away.  The web was spun between two tall trees that were placed several feet apart so the web was quite large.  But the pattern that this spider was able to create was […]

Will God Be Faithful Today?

Will God be faithful to me today?   Will God show up for me today?  God, forgive me that so often I doubt that You will. As I grow in Christ, I see how humanly impossible it is to live the way that He asks me to live.  He asks things of us that we […]

Why I didn’t want to help with the flood relief

So I have a confession to make.  I live about 45 minutes from all the devastating flooding that has occurred in Louisiana and I have had no desire to help.  I wish I could make that sound better than it is.  Or at least have a good excuse for my feelings of apathy in all […]

I’ll Do Anything

If you know me, you know I am always reading 2 or 3 books at all times.  I just finished reading a book called “Anything” by Jennie Allen.  It’s one of those dangerous books to read because it is impossible to read it without feeling challenged so if you’re looking for a book that affirms […]

The Spiritual Discipline Of Raising Children

Here in Louisiana we have crossed the halfway mark for summer vacation.  We have completed 6 weeks and there are 5 more to go.  I am a mom who counts down until school starts back in August.  I love my children dearly but they exhaust and deplete me.  In the summer months, my life is […]

How God fills our Void

In my younger days I heard about how God could fill a void in my life.  Christians would say that everyone has a void inside but what did that mean?  Was the void sadness?  Was it emptiness?  It was confusing talk to me.   Sometimes the void is so familiar we don’t even realize it’s […]

How to Love Greatly (Luke 7:36-50)

Confession: I have a love problem.  I struggle in loving others and in loving God.  And as a Christian, this is a problem since the two greatest commandments are to love our God with all our hearts, minds, and souls and to love our neighbors as ourselves.   I know I’m not alone.  I look […]