It's important to understand what we're saying when we reason that King David was a man after God's own heart and we use that as an excuse for people's sins.
A Person After God’s Heart
A Time of Beginnings?
It's January again. 2020 is over, and we're on to 2021; but it doesn't seem to be bringing a feeling of newness with it. Rather, it feels like a continuation of the exhaustion that last year was building. 2020 is over; but so many of the things that made it so hard haven't disappeared. Can…
Countdown to Surgery
Nine days. I'm going to have surgery in 9 days. I mean, this cancer thing is still sinking in, but that is going to make it even more real, you know. I've got my pre-op and my post-op instructions. I'm trying to figure out what in the world I'm going to need help with afterwards.…
State of the Heart 2020
Once upon a time this past November I asked God if he would make my heart harder. And then I took it back. You see, I was thinking about how much it hurt when I lost my Little Boy and Mittens. I didn't want to feel that hurt again. I immediately realized that my heart…
Looking Back at 2019
2019 was quite the year. I fell and injured my back 3 times. Hubby and I went to Disneyland. We won a new car. I read 175 books. I fostered a mama cat and watched her bring 5 babies into this world. Three of them still live here. We got two puppies. Yes, I do…
Playing the Blame Game
They say that you can’t blame your parents for your choices. You’re a grown up. You need to take responsibility for your decisions, your actions, your words. It’s fruitless to blame your parents. After all, you are making those choices. Your parents aren’t standing there telling you what to do Hopefully. However, if you look…
Farewell to Summer
It always seems to go by too fast. Or is it just me? It seems like summer was just starting a couple of weeks ago. It was finally warm enough outside to not need a jacket or sweater during the day. The garden was just starting to grow. And now the tomatoes are basically done.…
Give the Girl a Name, parts 1 & 2
(Trigger warning. I'm going to be talking about a story from the Bible that involves rape and abuse.) (Since I really like this post, I decided to combine both parts so I can see it all in one place.) There are some stories in the Bible that just make me mad--mostly when people make bad…
Whatcha Gonna Do?
Does it ever seem like it's too much to handle? Maybe not life. Maybe your emotions and mental health are in a good place. But then you watch the news. Or glance at your Facebook or Twitter feed. And then you see it. Whatever the headlines are that day. There's a new conflict in another…
A Letter to Me
This May, it will have been 20 years since I graduated high school. Seriously hard to believe. How is it that 1999 was 20 years ago? That means Y2K was just about that long ago, too. In contemplating all of this, I thought that I would do the cliche thing and write a letter to…