Expect? Yes, I expect from many sources. I hold expectations in my marriage. Or, for dreams to exceed my expectations. For employers to love my skills. And for readers to relate to my writing. Perhaps you expect in your life, too. However, I confess: Believing for the divine to occur every day is not easy for me. Because the concept is hard for humans to wrap our heads around. You see, we live and operate in the flesh, in the natural world. Supernatural stuff only seems right for the Continue Reading
2 Steps to a Steady Heart {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
I'm all shook up. Our Dachshund, Sadie, visits the veterinarian for yearly shots and a physical. But as soon as we pull into the parking lot, all sixteen pounds of her start shaking. Often, Sadie tries to make a beeline for the exit. And she stays all shook up until we arrive home. Decades ago, a song by Elvis conveyed a time when he was all shook up. By what? you may wonder. A closer look at the lyrics and the mystery is solved. Falling in love shook up Elvis Presley. Needless to Continue Reading
15 Amazing Trades With God {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
In elementary school, I traded notebooks with a girl in my class. The pink and glitter cover dazzled and captured my attention. But my notebook paled in comparison. So I wondered why she ever agreed to such an uneven trade…to my trading up. Have you ever traded, exchanged one thing for another, and received the best end of the deal? A few years ago, I begin praying prayers of exchange. Lord, please exchange my infirmity with Your wholeness; and trade my empty for Your completeness. Continue Reading
3 Ways to Never Get Over Jesus {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
There are things in life we hope to get over. Like hardships, hurts, lost dreams, or missed opportunities. Furthermore, we tell others to “Get over it!” And we say it about someone or something, “I’m over it!” Get Over It Like in these get-over-it scenarios: We upset our spouse. A co-worker desired to complete a task in a different way than us. A parent puts unreachable expectations on us. And in these I-am-over-it examples: Someone in our life is a repeat offender. We Continue Reading
Relentlessly Followed {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
It was an acute case of the heebie-jeebies. I’d been watched and followed, and it shook me to the core. I spent the summer after my college freshmen year in ministry at Virginia Beach, Virginia with CRU (Campus Crusade for Christ). A mission at the beach—somebody had to do it. A young, crisp nineteen-year-old who wanted to make a difference in the world. Pursuing Christ with my whole heart and a passion to make Him known. College students from across the U.S. and one from England completed Continue Reading
Bringing Pieces of Heaven to Earth {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
Heaven on earth? Really, Karen? Is there even such a thing? Why, yes. Yes, there is! And we have access to front-row-seat tickets. Yet, I’m not talking about things or situations we attribute to the phrase, “It was heaven on earth.” Such as food, trips, or any experience we feel was heaven-like. We are so limited in what we imagine for heaven. It’s much bigger and carries more awe than we realize. A New Heaven and Earth But the new heaven and earth will one day replace this fallen Continue Reading
