Lets Give Them Something to Talk About

I am in a situation where I have some people that aren’t very fond of me right now.   The more that I try to impress them, the more they seem to dislike me.   I have turned them off to my personality in some way, shape, or form and I have really been struggling with that.   I know that not everyone likes Christians, however, the reason for their dislike does not seem to have anything to do with the fact I am a Christian.   Last night my children had a “sleep over” with each other.   At 3:00am, said sleep over was finished however, both children still wanted to sleep with someone, so for the sake of sanity and sleep, my husband and I divided and conquered.   Around 4am, as I lie there in my daughter’s bed listening to WBGL, the local Christian station, it occurred to me, Jesus WAS, and still is, perfect and guess what, not everyone liked Him.   Some welcomed Jesus, and then one person said something and the crowd turned against Him.   Jesus...

Currently I am in a Diagnostics class for the Counseling Program I am in.   My eyes have been opened to the reality of mental disorders that are out there!   I see diagnoses in many people, including myself.   There is a problem that I see with diagnosing someone with a mild case of anything.   I have seen it happen and I have watched a diagnosis given to someone, take over his or her life.   A diagnosis is an explanation or a generalization so that other medical or counseling professionals are able to assist that individual, they are not given to be an excuse.               “It isn’t my fault I went out and got drunk, I have Alcohol Use Disorder” “It isn’t my fault that I do poorly in school, I have Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder” “Depression runs in my family, so that explains why I am sad all the time.” It is easy to give into a Diagnosis, to agree with it, to see what you have ...

          Well folks, It has been a long while since I last posted.  I could give you plenty of good reasons for me to not have been posting.  1) I am in a majorly intense graduate program that is physically, emotionally and mentally demanding.  2) I am working part time as well as in a practicum to pay for said graduate program.  3) ...  My list could go on and on about why I haven't been blogging and posting but here is the honest truth- I haven't been posting because I haven't been spending time and getting right with God. I used this blog to get right with God a couple times a week before, if not daily.  Now, I haven't even given it a second thought.  How easy is it to get bogged down with life and so busy that we forget what is really important?  How easy is it to say, I will start reading my Bible again, TOMORROW.             I used to think...

Our church is doing a series called “The Blessed Life”.   It is about how you end up living a blessed life by giving your first and your best to God, and then your life is blessed.   By choosing to have a heart for the Lord, even when times are rough and seeing the blessings that God pours out of you.   One of the main things they have been hammering home is that you don’t give your best to have your life be blessed, you do it because your heart is wanting more of God and naturally, His blessings flow from that.   In simpler terms, you do not give to get.   I have had multiple people talk to me this week about marital struggles.   I have seen eyes rolled at husbands and heard of wives being just down right mean to their husbands and yelling at them over phone conversations.   Today is my 10 th wedding anniversary.   YAY!   My husband and I do not see eye to eye on everything, but we try. I can honestly say this is the happiest I have...

Really fast, before I start, MY BOOK IS OUT NOW!!!   The Whisper in the Waterfall is available at these sites: the physical copy here, https://www.createspace.com/4360794 ; and the e-version here, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DZ1EV42 .   I am very excited about this…   Now onto my thoughts…   There is so much we are not supposed to say to our children anymore.   We can’t call our daughters princesses because it establishes a male dominated society.   We can’t say, “hurry up” to our children because it makes them think that we don’t have time for them.   We can’t tell them that we look fat because they will have a negative body image. We can’t let our kids read certain books, or play with certain toys because we want them to “be themselves”.   We can’t call a paper bag lunch a “brown bag lunch” because it is racist.   We can’t yell at our children in public, even when they are being 100% bad.   We can’t spank our children.   ...

I will admit it; yesterday I was in a funk.   I was slipping into a “hermit” mood that I get in every so often.   The, I just want to stay home, not talk to anyone but my best friend and my husband and sit and read a book, eat ice cream and not worry about social norms.   It was getting bad.   It was a rainy and stormy day, which contributed to my mood and I was contented to sit and be nasty.   Fortunately, we had a pre-arranged life group scheduled.   Usually our life group meets on Thursdays and not Wednesdays, but we were combining with 2 other life groups.   We were supposed to be meeting at a park.   It had been raining ALL day, a park just didn’t seem like a good idea.   At 4 something, we got the message that instead, we were just going to meet at the church due to the weather.   Feeling a little better about that, we dressed nicely, got in the car and headed out towards church.   2 minutes into our trip we got the call t...

I have slacked.   I’ll admit it; I have been LAZY…   The past few weeks I have been avoiding working on my book, not necessarily because I want to, more due to hitting a wall.   My best friend was being a doll and listening to me read the book out loud to ensure I had the cadence right and it was good for me to be able to catch the umpteen type-os still so prevalent in my story.   The first day we hammered it out- we read 50 pages in one day!   I loved sharing my story and she loved hearing it.   We planned to meet the next day to hammer out some more of the book but she ended up getting sick!   Poor thing!   The sickness lasted a whole week and so the book sat, we both just wanted her to get better!   We met on Monday to work through it, but between kids and life, only 10 pages were read.   Last night, Tuesday, we had a plan: I would go over and stick around after a home party she was having and read it after she put the kiddos to b...