“Fight your battles on your knees.” I have been privileged to sit under Dr. Charles Stanley’s teaching at First Baptist Atlanta for the past 19 years. This quote is one of “30 Life Principles” that he wrote, all based on Scriptures and his life experiences as a Christian for over 70 years. I was reminded of that principle one day during my morning walk. Both my children had experienced bad experiences with friends who have proven to be unfaithful at the time. As my oldest daughter shared Continue Reading
Rethinking My Priorities {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
Years ago, the little booklet “My Heart, Christ’s Home” challenged me to move from viewing Christ as a guest in my heart to giving Him full ownership and control of my life. One morning I woke up with that analogy on my mind. I thought about my literal house as a picture of my soul. I imagined how my priorities might clash with His if He came to help me bring order to my home. Here is my imagined conversation with Christ: “Let’s attack the front porch. Everyone sees it. We can power wash Continue Reading
Who (or What) – Determines your Worth? {The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}
I stepped on the scale and closed my eyes. “Please move,” I demanded. “Down. Move down.” The dreadful, tormenting gadget blinked once, twice … and thus, the hopes of eating nothing but salads and protein went down the drain. Great. Let me tell you — of all the curses humanity inherited from Adam and Eve’s Fall, hormones are certainly among the most annoying ones. If you are a woman, they torment you from puberty to your early 60s, give or take. That’s almost half a century of ups and downs Continue Reading
God Erases Our Regrets {Recharge Wednesday Linkup}
I’m a know-needer. It’s not that I think I know it all, but that I want to know it all. The “what-ifs” of life are maddening to me. When they come up, I tend to identify every possibility and follow it to its end. At least that way I feel that I’ll know what to do with whichever option comes true. And at least then I won’t have to live with regrets…right? No matter how much we try to know, we don’t know it all. There are always opportunities we can’t see. The Lord is always at work on Continue Reading
It’s Never Too Late to Grow Wiser {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
I have been studying the book of Proverbs again, this time looking up certain definitions in the original Hebrew, with the purpose of gaining deeper insight into King Solomon’s wisdom. The Hebrew language uses concrete thought, which is the expression of concepts and ideas in ways that can be seen, touched, smelled, tasted and/or heard. All five senses are used when speaking, hearing, writing and reading the Hebrew language. Therefore, the concepts of wisdom and foolishness in the book of 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
