Filling Up on Jesus

The other day I was driving by myself. Kinda one of those relaxing, on auto pilot type drives. At a stop sign I stopped, checked, and then drove through the intersection. A little ways beyond the intersection I happened to glance in my rear view mirrior. I saw one of those HUGE white vans go […]

I recently found the journaling I did on the first day of 2019. The worries, the concerns, but also the excitement of possibilities that were on the horizon. I read the prayer I had written on that day. I had prayed that I would see Jesus in 2019. I prayed that in quiet places He […]

Who of us really loves to jump up out of a warm cozy bed? The window is still dark with that grey morning light, the floor is cold. Not only that but we know what awaits us; work. Maybe its the dishes left in the sink from last night, perhaps its packing a quick lunch […]

I was really empty. My kids were even emptier. I just wanted to veg out. I had just put in a good couple hours of trying to get work done on the women’s ministry God had called me to…I was ready for a good mind break. But alas… that’s about when the girls would wake […]

I’m feeling stressed. I feel like pulling out my hair. Feeling drained, tired and empty, with nothing left to give. You get the picture right?  My kids are whiney, fighting, crying, emotional, needy… Then I fall apart even more. I just want to hide in my room and eat chocolate.  Then they start fighting. I […]

I poured out to my kids and husband all day, every day. Each night I would wearily fall into bed.   I would rush to church ready to be encouraged and looking for the strength to keep going. I would leave church feeling emptier than I was when I got there.   I thought it was […]