strength in Christ

This past weekend I had the precious privilege of going on a ‘retreat’ with many of my sisters in Christ from Proverbs 31 Ministries. Most of the time when we are able to all get together, the focus is work, work, work!  But this was a special weekend of nothing but rest, rest, rest… and a…

Fatigued. Frazzled. Frustrated. Overcommitted. Overloaded. Overwhelmed. Unfortunately, those words above describe the way that most of us women feel on any given day, sometimes every day! And sometimes, we allow stress to take its toll on us, and dont even realize what is happening. We write off health problems, we ignore physical signs that our…

Romans 7:15 says “I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.” (NLT)This seems to be my life theme verse lately. I have every intention of acting “right” in my daily interactions, thoughts and behaviors, and then before I know…

Yesterday, I was in a bad mood. And just in case I had forgotten about my said bad mood, my two daughters reminded me about it this morning, pointing out several things I had done or said which proved that I was, in deed, in a bad mood. I have to admit, I was in…