In some ways I always looked at myself with pity. I wasn’t tough as a child, I wasn’t strong emotionally, at least I wasn’t in the way I measured toughness. I was tender. I cried easily. My feelings were easily hurt. Very much in my own head, making friends was hard for me. I tended […]
To Be Fully Known
There isn’t anyone on this earth that can fully and totally understand another person. There isn’t anyone who can completely understand your happiness. There isn’t anyone who can completely understand you pain. Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy. Proverbs 14:10 We like to think we can understand […]
God Our Father. Abba, Daddy, God.
“Mommy!” “Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!” “MOMMY!” It’s like a constant mantra at times in my house right now. My daughter is two, and her language skills are still in that stage where most wants, desires, and needs are only communicated with one word. Most of the time that word is “Mommy.” I don’t resent this […]
Invisible.
Do you ever feel invisible? You can’t handle another moment, and no one even knows. We’ve all had our invisible moments. Moments of vulnerability and a sense of rejection. Moments no one seems to notice. But you know what? There is Someone who sees. Hagar was a slave, and even today people don’t tend to […]