This series has been quite soul-baring for me. Here we go again. I’m ashamed to say I really struggle with feeling the need to defend myself to others. Why is that? Believe me, I’ve analyzed this one until I’m blue in the face! I want to get to the root of getting defensive. It’s just not an attractive quality, have… Read More
Ouch! Now we’re getting into temptations I have less success resisting. I can indeed have a very critical tongue. Some days I just seem to wake up with a critical spirit. I like to blame it on having endured bad dreams all night, but who knows? Some days we’re just more critical than others. And when that happens I can… Read More
I had a bigger problem with gossiping when I was younger. I suppose, like many young girls, I thought that was what conversation was…gossip! What else was there to talk about other than other people, right? Well, obviously gossip is not godly. In fact, the Bible teaches us to let all of our conversation be seasoned with grace (Colossians 4:6)… Read More
Recently when my parents were visiting us here in sunny Arizona, they’d begin each day sitting on the back porch and saying, “It’s another pretty day.” To which I would say, “It’s a pretty day just about every day here in Arizona.” And, truth be told, I said it with a bit of a sadness, a longing, if you will…. Read More
I’ll admit it: by nature I’m a procrastinator/lazy person. Not that I just sit around the house and sleep or watch TV all day. I don’t. But I sure would like to. Of course, at the end of the day I’m always glad I didn’t. And if I do waste the day away, because I give into the urge…, well,… Read More
Sometimes I mean to do the right thing, but fail miserably. I try to keep my mouth shut when someone else is being argumentative, but end up blurting out my defense. I desire to save my money and use it for ministry, but instead I spend it on something frivolous. I want to speak graciously and only words that edify, but… Read More