- God at Work, The Side Door Devotional, The Trap Door Devotional, The Vault Door, The Vault Door Devotional
Transform Your Emotional Pain into Spiritual Gain
Volatile emotions can fuel my “superpower” of passion. But it can also infuse the kryptonite that could easily take me down. It is indeed ironic that both can occur simultaneously in some situations. Properly directed, God-given passions can motivate and move others. But out of control emotions easily derail and take us down and out faster than a speeding bullet. Fortunately, there is hope for me – and for you, too, if you struggle in this area. We can set our intention to balance the scales. The key to achieving this equilibrium involves channeling what we feel. Join me in this endeavor. Transform Your Emotional Pain into Spiritual Gain. …
- God at Work, His GPS For Your SOS, temptation, The Side Door Devotional, The Trap Door Devotional, The Vault Door Devotional
God’s Triple Play for a Hundreth Sheep
I’m not much of a baseball fan but I know a triple play when I see one. Especially when I see it played out in my own life. God has worked in painful yet amazing ways in and through me in the last three years. He orchestrated a miracle. Let me share with you God’s triple play for a hundreth sheep. My Strikeout Back in the summer of 2019, I allowed myself to get into a perilous situation by not standing my ground with a misguided friend on something she wanted us both to do. I knew was wrong for me but allowed myself to get sucked into it…
- God at Work, The Side Door Devotional, The Trap Door Devotional, The Vault Door Devotional, Uncategorized
God’s Word for Me in 2022? Onward!
God’s word for me in 2022? Onward! Ok, so you may not have a “word for yourself.” But it’s a thing… Spiritual scribes like me spend time meditating and often choose a word for the new year. Last year I chose the word “focus.” I did indeed improve my focus (cataract surgery notwithstanding) and considered that and other clarifying activities to be a personal victory in 2021. As I contemplated all the hoops, hurdles and obstacles of 2021, I finally honed in and chose “onward” for 2022. I moved through a door of “knowns” and into seemingly unlit territory. But a funny thing happened on the way to that first…
Serendipity: Falling Through A Trap Door of Blessing
You may know the old Irish blessing “May the road rise up to meet you.”May you succeed on the road” is the literal meaning. The song goes on to mention a desire for more favorable winds to blow from the rear rather than in head-on fashion. There’s a petition for sunshine to warm the face and for lavish rains to fall on the thirsty outlying fields. The closing line asks God to hold the traveler in the palm of His mighty hand. Yet Life hands out its share of lemons. It’s not likely you’ll be traipsing carefree through the land of Oz indefinitely. It is, however, possible to encounter the…
Holding On Instead of Letting Go
This is an amplified excerpt from my upcoming book “The Side Door: Welcoming God’s Divine Detours.” What are you twisting away from that God is trying to lead you towards? It’s easy to rejoice in and with God in our beautifully abundant seasons when we feel close to him. It’s a cinch when we are reasonably happy with our circumstances and in harmony with his plans and purposes. I pray if you are in that season that you are basking in the moment. Because more than likely your next challenge is probably just around the corner. Out of our deep Love for the Lord comes a desire to please Him…
The Bonfire of my Vanity
As a young woman in my 20s, I romanticized my fashionable writing life. I wore little French hats like Louise Bryant did in the “Reds.” I carried around a journal to jot down my poems and had a small cachet of exquisite writing instruments. Down to the lake I would cycle to write “on location” or play French chanteuse music in my apartment> There, I typed out diatribe after diatribe of my problems and psychological wounds. In my naiveté, I imagined that if I had the proper costume, the requisite props and an appropriate soundtrack, fame and a coveted job in Manhattan at a prominent publishing house would be mine…
