I had read about separation anxiety in my parenting books, but how bad could it really be? My son was five months old and, frankly, I needed a full night's sleep! I was foolish enough then to think I was some super mom doing everything right because my son always seemed content. We were inseparable his first five months, mostly because I was scared to death something would happen to him if I … [Read more...] about How To Survive Separation Anxiety The Right Way
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Unfathomable
"Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him..." Job 13:15 (KJV) Have you ever tried to figure out what God is doing in your life? Funny how I seldom--okay, never--question Him when great things are going on. But when life gets difficult, I can start playing the maddening game of trying to understand what He might be doing. At first, I try to be calm and patient. I try … [Read more...] about Unfathomable
A Beautiful Need
I love to be self-reliant. To a fault. I went away to a mission boarding school for the first time in seventh grade when I was twelve. In between me and my family were 600 miles and a dense jungle that could not be traversed except by airplane - a four hour trip through the clouds. A fellow MK from my area and I, because of our small size, would be squeezed into the back of the Caravan where … [Read more...] about A Beautiful Need
The Struggle of Wanting to Be Someone Else
Have you ever wished you were someone else? I have struggled tremendously this year with wishing I was someone else as a speaker. If I am funny, it is not because humor just rolls of my tongue. I have agonized over wishing the Lord had not called me to such serious subjects like jealousy or forgiveness. Those subjects can be hard for women to face. I have wished that I was anyone but … [Read more...] about The Struggle of Wanting to Be Someone Else
The Unsafe Path of Obedience
..."Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” Matthew 14:28 I love a great story. A great story is one in which I find a character that I can relate to and study throughout the pages of the book in front of me. When I was growing up in the DRCongo, we had a very limited supply of books for me to read. Without the distraction of television or an iPod, I would spend hours and … [Read more...] about The Unsafe Path of Obedience
