Rummaging around on the family farm I discovered hidden treasure. Not because it’s actually valuable, but because of what it represents –captives being set free. I love the imagery of a broken lock. Prisoners no longer held by chains. Even those of our own making. What if brokenness leads to freedom? Much of what holds Read more…
You Need to Pick Your Flowers
It’s my 50th birthday today! I know I’m weird, but I celebrate it with great JOY. There just comes a time when you need to pick your flowers. This day feels like a warm, golden medal draped over the heart after a half century of difficult living – it’s finally safe to trust life Read more…
Choose Life
We have the power to speak life. Or death. For good or for bad, we have a choice in each word, each day. Choose life. When we say bad things about ourselves – that we’re too fat, too dumb, too broke, too broken – we have to wonder who we’re agreeing with. Such things don’t Read more…
Remember Who You Are
It’s time to remember who you are. We are not what we do, what we have, where we are, what we’ve done, the mistakes we’ve made, or what’s been done to us. We are what our Creator made us to become. The enemy wants us to forget that. Give up. There is a choice to Read more…