When It’s Hard to Let Your Guard Down
Book launches are a whirlwind of hashtags and giveaways! It’s crazy what our culture has come to. No longer do we call each other on the phone and chat about what happened last week. Now we see it in real time. It’s amazing, yet I think we lose something special in the process. We lose that personal connection of hearing each other’s voice. We lose the anticipation of waiting for a phone call or looking at pictures together in an album. Now with the click of a mouse I see what you are up to and you see what I’m
Anchored In Is Here, Along with a Giveaway!
It’s been a journey up to this point and I’m praying it continues to be more of the same. For the past two years God has prompted my heart to put words on a page: not just any words, but words filled with His power. I don’t share this to try to prove to you that my book is more than it really is, but just to encourage you that God has a purpose for every single one of us. Even if Anchored In had never been published, God used the words within its pages to change me. He gave
The Truth Behind My Book
There’s always something mysterious about a new book. It’s easy to read it at face value and accept the words as they are, but after writing a book, I’m learning there is so much more than meets the eye. When I first set out to write Anchored In, I had a book in my mind and heart that would be for women who are hurting. It would reach beyond the physical into the hearts of women that know the sting of deep struggle. This came as a result of my own sting of abandonment, betrayal, and the reality of living
When My Life Is Full of Problems
“Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day.” “When it rains, it pours.” We’ve all been there drenched in life’s troubles. The waters rise and we think we can’t take one more thing and then, WHOOSH! In rolls the tide. It’s just the way it goes sometimes. We’ve been in a season like this over the past year. Just as soon as we thought things would slow down and get easier, life seemed to kick into high gear and rather than slowing down, I found myself running at full speed in a direction I never really imagined. Our problems won’t
Is God’s Power for Me?
When I didn’t make the cut, I thought surely God must have completely forgotten I wanted the part in the first place. I thought this was finally my chance to shine for Him, but the rejection of the chorus leader was proof that I didn’t have what it takes. I wondered why God led me to try out in the first place. I questioned why I ever had that desire in my heart at all. I thought God had turned His back on me and left me to dry my own tears with my own trembling hands. There I stood,
When God Feels Far Away
I knelt in my living room in frustration thinking that maybe my physical posture would prove to God that I was serious. I knew He answered prayer, so I prayed. But this time, He didn’t seem to answer my request. Over and over I begged Him; over and over I got the same response – silence. God began to feel distant and unreachable. Have you ever been there? You know God is real. You’ve even sensed His presence and experienced His power through answered prayer and life change, but in this moment He feels like a long-distance friend who won’t
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