There are seasons in life where it feels like nothing is working—where everything familiar starts to fall apart instead of fall into place. But what if the breaking isn’t a sign of failure… what if it’s the beginning of becoming? This is a reflection on hidden transformation, renewal of the mind, and how God often does His deepest work in the seasons we would never choose.
Category: Faith
What are you giving birth to?
Do you know that everyone has a purpose and calling in their lives? I was never one who believed that I had a purpose in life. My upbringing was a rough one and I did not like people, especially the religious ones. I was a person who was full of anger and could spit acid …
What road are you on?
I like having control over things, like what my upcoming weeks look like or knowing when and how I am going to handle a particular project. Or how to get my kids or husband to get them to do something I want them to do. I can predict the outcome and prepare accordingly for attitudes …
“WHY?”
Some many things happen in our lives that we don't understand the reasoning behind. I am always making a mental list jotting down in my mind when things have not gone as planned. Or rather, as I prayed accordingly to my selfish desires or needs. Some of those specifics things made me question my faith …
Take off the old self and grab ahold of the new!
This week I had a young man tell me that his soon to be mother-in-law didn’t want him to marry her daughter. I asked why, “He said, she still sees me like the old person I use to be”. A few months back, this young man began to recognize things in him that he was …
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