Tag: Change
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Divided Hearts and Broken Marriages made Whole.
“Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from…
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Growing Up with God.
Relationship with the Father requires you to grow from infancy in faith to a place of maturity. And His grace covers you while you grow. “The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.”Luke 2:40 NASB1995 Even Jesus needed God’s grace as he grew in…
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Meltdowns, Ministries, and Miracles.
Sunday morning: Here I am again. Breathless, tear-stained cheeks, all the rage having left my body, I feel shaky and full of regret for another failure. I’m alone, having successfully sabotaged my personal life today. I am missing a meeting for a marriage ministry class with my husband and our church service. My husband is…
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Threads of Inadequacy and Shifts in Perspective.
I struggle with feeling inadequate in most areas of my life; it’s a thread that pulls when I stretch towards personal growth. It snags when I look at the laundry piled up on the couch, unravels me when I think of the tasks I didn’t accomplish when I lay in bed at night. I can…
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Journaling isn’t for me.
Can I be honest? I hate journaling. When someone first suggested journaling to me, many many moons ago, I cringed. I resisted. In fact, I had a counselor force me to journal daily and then had me read aloud and discuss it with her once a week. It was awful. Our entire therapeutic relationship was…
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Chelsea Finds Jesus.
Today was a terrible day. I screamed at my kids, threw a bottle across the kitchen, and oh, yeah, Christmas is this weekend. Merry Christmas, Y’all. Don’t you just love the joyous holiday season? I know Christmas is the season of Baby Jesus, devotionals about Mary’s obedience and faith, wisemen and mangers, holly and lights,…
Chelsea Finds Jesus 