The angry words, like missiles aimed for their intended target, were carelessly flying out of my mouth. Are you angry with me? In the fifteen minutes of conversation that had passed between us, it was the one question my husband asked that made me clamp my mouth shut abruptly. Instead of the sound of my destructive words spewing, there was now total silence. I didn't want to answer him. I … [Read more...] about 4 Revealing Ways To Know If You Are Angry With God
How God Is Unsafe And Still Good
Have you ever had an experience which made you wonder if God was unsafe? Dare I ask, if He was good? I became a voracious reader after our move to Congo. In part, this was because I had little else to do to pass my time. The late 1970s had not seen the invention of VCR or DVD machines (my children can hardly imagine anything so awful as my brother and sister and I having to wait to see … [Read more...] about How God Is Unsafe And Still Good
Made For Another World
Some days I forget...I was made for another world. The reason I don't fit in some places and some circles is because I am a stranger, an alien here.I belong to a kingdom not of this world, invisible, but the only true kingdom there is. This world will never be my home.Homesickness is a good thing.Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: … [Read more...] about Made For Another World
Living in a Saturday World
Have you had a season in your life when you felt as though you were undergoing a full-out satanic assault? Life is one mass of confusion, uncertainty, and full of fear. Although you may normally be an "up" person, one who tends to be hopeful, this time of life can be characterized by leaving you feeling depressed and hopeless. Many times you may wonder if God hears you or has forgotten you … [Read more...] about Living in a Saturday World
The Bad of Good Friday (and how it saved us)
One of the most terrifying days in my life as a mother was the afternoon I was separated from one of the my children. It happened on our family vacation to visit my in-laws. We happened to be in Savannah on Memorial Day weekend and had gone down to the river front to visit our annual hangouts: Toy Smart and the Savannah Candy Kitchen. The crowds were enormous so I reminded the kids again that … [Read more...] about The Bad of Good Friday (and how it saved us)
Why Favoritism Robs Us
My son asked me to pick up a library book for him last week for his social studies class assignment. I am an absolute history LOVER. If I could plan my dream vacation, I would make the theme around some locations in which the history of our country happened on a grand scale. I guess my love of history can be summed up as a study of human reactions to circumstances. I love trying to understand why … [Read more...] about Why Favoritism Robs Us
