Let’s be clear. There is no glory in prolonged grief. There is no reward for the one who grieves the hardest or longest. Even when you are grieving over your own sin there is no crown for skipping the dance and remaining in your mourning clothes. Jesus is well acquainted with grief and is a sweet comfort in our time… Read More
Sometimes I spend so much time thinking about something…mulling it over, worrying about it, investigating it, even talking out loud about it…that I feel like I’ve surely prayed about it. If you were to ask me if I’d prayed about it, I would almost assuredly insist that I had. I did…didn’t I? But I haven’t. I haven’t actually prayed about… Read More
I had anticipated such a magical day when my husband and I took our daughter Abby and our son Daniel to visit my alma mater during the Christmas holidays. I had purchased four tickets to the University of Georgia vs. Clemson men’s basketball game (we all four love college hoops!), checked online to see if my favorite greasy spoon diner was still in operation and… Read More
This Saturday morning and the next five like it I’ll be trying something new in the area of mentoring women. Three other “older women” and I will be loving on and encouraging and teaching and pouring our lives into seven or eight younger women through the Apples of Gold program. I thought you might like to hear about this new… Read More
Can we all agree that most years Christmas truly is “the most wonderful time of the year?” But for some people this Christmas could prove to be one of the most trying times of the year. If you’ve lost a loved one, the empty space just deepens during Christmas. If you’re struggling financially, the dollars stretch even thinner during Christmas…. Read More
I don’t recall if it’s happened every time every year, but it’s happpened every time this year. This Christmas season I have yet to make it through “O Holy Night” without getting choked up. Whether I’m listening to the song on the radio or attempting to sing along at church, I can’t get all the words to form on my… Read More