For the past 10 years, I have been struggling with depression and feelings of hopelessness. I believe it started after I married my husband strictly out of trying to obey the Lord. My husband and I were living together and not married. We were invited to visit a church close to our work with a fellow coworker. Once we were in, the Holy Spirit did His thing and started working on our hearts. We quickly began changing our ways and becoming more involved with the church. The last thing that remained was us living out of wedlock together. So on a whim we decided that we needed to get married, ... Read the Post
Archives for December 2014
The Indwelling
More than two thousand years ago, a simple girl named Mary was visited by the angel, Gabriel. He proposed what seemed like an impossible scenario, that God Himself would take human form, indwell her human body, and be born as the person Jesus. The concept that God would take a form that could indwell and live inside of a human body was a new concept, and Mary was challenged to believe that God could really do this and agree to accept His plan. As we know, that Christmas day when Jesus was born, the world was forever changed. Even our calendars testify to the magnitude of that change, since ... Read the Post
The Pink Butterfly
I was zipping up my five-year old daughter's pink jacket, and I noticed that the zipper was a cute pink butterfly. "Oh!" I exclaimed. "Your zipper has little butterfly. How sweet!" My daughter sighed and replied, "I know, Mommy. I saw that a long time ago." And Jesus' words about the little children hit me square in the nose: "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these" (Matthew 19.14 NVI). I'm realizing that I'm missing a lot of the precious details of my everyday life--the same details that incorporate God's amazing ... Read the Post
Caregiving: Ceaseless–Holiday or Not
Christmas can be joyous as we celebrate the birth of our LORD and enjoy family and friends. As caregiver, you may be wishing that the holidays were over or anticipating them with a dread because the expected and extra “doing” is added stress. You have family coming into town to see the parent you care for and hold resentment towards one or more of them for their lack of support or for telling you how to do things when they never offer actual help. You can’t find anyone to watch your care recipient so you may go with your husband to his office party. Your care receiver struggles to recognize ... Read the Post