Child Sexual Abuse

Oprah says the graphic details should be hard for people to hear. “We are supposed to hear it, and we are supposed to, where appropriate, see it because that is the only way it ever gets changed,” she says. “It’s one thing for us to hear it. It’s another thing for children to have to [...]

Confidence in the Lord

As a child, the confidence I should have had in my parents to protect me was severely damaged. I did not trust that they would keep me safe. I could not go to them for help. In fact, when I was a teen I went to my mom and told her that [...]

Dream – Nothing Is Impossible

This was a dream that I had a while back.
I was standing with a group of people watching a performance when I noticed a man start to play the violin. I said to those who stood near me, “Look at the man playing the fiddle!” His music was beautiful. He played with [...]

Wide vs. Narrow Gate

There I was, five years old, dressed in a pretty, white party dress, and standing in front of a door. As I stood there the door opened and Jesus came walking out. He held out his hand to me. I started to reach for his hand, then I lowered my [...]

Healing

I had a real “Job” moment last Sunday morning in church. Seated in front of me was my dear friend, Sandy, who has battled cancer for a year now. A little over a month ago the doctor discovered another tumor, which means another round of radiation. I know that many people, me [...]

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Letting Go

A couple of weeks ago, our associate pastor shared with our women’s Bible study group, a story concerning a small boy whose hand was stuck in a expensive vase. His mother tried in vain to pull his hand out, but to no avail. She hated to break the vase because it was [...]

Mom

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Matthew 5:7. This verse hit me hard last Wednesday morning as I sat listening to our associate pastor, Betsy, talk about the Beatitudes. I could not hold the tears back and I almost had to get up to leave as I had [...]

Music

In an earlier blog I promised to write more about about how I used music to escape. In elementary school I wanted to play the cello, but I was told that I was too small, so I learned how to play the violin. I was good enough that my friend and I used [...]

Pain

I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia just this week. The diagnosis explains the chronic pain and fatigue that I have been dealing with for quite a while. I also have Rheumatoid Arthritis which I have been treated for over eight years. Fortunately, the current medication that I am on has slowed the progression [...]