Category: Devotionals

It felt like his heart might beat out of his chest and he could feel the blood pumping hard through his veins so he jumped a few times in place trying to calm his nerves, but it didn’t help.   His breath was hanging like a small cloud of smoke in front of him and the…

Continued… My husband arrived a few minutes later and we wept, prayed and mostly sat quietly and stared at our son while he slept.  It was a sobering night; not knowing what the morning would hold.  Our hearts were broken.  As the day dawned, the doctor came in and told us that she would keep our boy on…

I woke up and stared at the clock, today was the big day.  It was early, but it wasn’t hard to get out of bed.  We had been working for months to make it this far and I had butterflies in my stomach.  So much had happened to get to this place; lots of time,…

This week I will be re-blogging a two part series I wrote about a year and a half ago. My youngest son is a senior this year, if you’ve followed my story on any social media you already know that.  This weekend he will compete in our state track meet.  It still  amazes me he’s able to…

“I feel so very alone, like completely alone. It’s as though there’s a labyrinth of walls around me and I am stuck in the very middle, and no one is able to reach me.  I am so lonely and when I cry out to God He isn’t there, I feel so disappointed in Him…” This…

Her mind was playing tricks on her, or maybe it was the realization that every eye in the auditorium was staring directly at her that had her rattled; either way, she knew she must attempt to spell this word. “How do you spell know?” she was asked for the third and final time. With a…

I stood behind my dad, my hand on his back while he allowed the tears to flow. We had just finished packing up the clothes on Mom’s side of the closet. He was finally ready for that step and it hurt as bad as any physical injury. With tears on his cheeks he said to…

I received a text recently from someone close to me asking for prayer as they were giving up something they enjoyed. They felt the Lord nudging them that it was time to let it go. It was not going to be an easy goodbye and then there would be empty time to fill, not to…

I have a lot on my heart tonight. So many thoughts spinning in my head. I stood in the kitchen and talked at length with my daughter about the book she has been reading and I felt like I was having a surreal moment. She was telling me how the book is teaching her about…

I’m definitely a “middle-ager.” Way past the “wonder years,” but not close to the “golden years.” I’ve heard them called the “sandwich years;” kids on one side and aging parents on the other. My mom has passed and my dad has hit the golden age of seventy. He is still very full of life and…

This morning the alarm clock went off at the bright and early hour of five AM. Many of you know that I have been on a campaign to level the playing field when it comes to my age. To try and become stronger so that my number of years won’t get to dictate how I…

I sat in church this morning and listened to the pastor talk to us about the apostle Paul. If you’ve read any of my work, you know that I am a big fan of Paul. He was wordy like me. And also like me, he got himself into trouble with his words. He meant well,…

Jeff and I ran in the Azalea Trail Run this weekend. We woke up at 5AM, showered, dressed and headed out the door to Mobile where the big race was happening. Excitement and exhaustion greeted each other in my stomach as we made the drive. Once we arrived, we picked up our registration packets, pinned…

It was still dark outside when the alarm went off. I despise waking up to an alarm clock. Oh how sweet it will be when I can sleep until my eyes just pop open all on their own, fully rested and ready for the day. Those days are far from my present reality so I…

We are a family that likes to sing in the car. Loudly, if the setting and the people riding along permit. And this morning was no different than any other. I was headed to work singing loudly making a “joyful noise unto the Lord.” It was a very familiar song but as I got to…

I was sitting in Sunday School last week when a discussion started about our words. More specifically, the words we use when we share with others what we believe. Our class has been dissecting the book of Romans and it’s been very enlightening and sometimes painstaking to analyze such a powerful and complicated book. We…

Sometimes you’ve just got to laugh to keep from crying. Honestly, it is a way of survival. Some of you may remember a couple of weeks ago I told you about waking up to a house full of things that had gone wrong. But for those who do not know, let me tell you the…

Sometimes doing the right thing is so hard.  It seems like it should be easy, like it should always feel good because, after all, it is the right thing. But, it’s not that simple, at least not every time. Recently I watched one of my children make a hard decision that was completely the right…

I couldn’t find it!  I looked and looked and still it was nowhere to be found!  It was cold, dark and people were staring.  Why was this so difficult?  I knew if I called my dad he could tell me exactly where it was and I could end this whole ridiculous waste of time looking. …

Have you ever felt as though your good enough just wasn’t enough?  Like every effort you make, all the work you do just doesn’t quite measure up?  Have you wanted to run and hide instead of face what the day may hold?  Have you loved people so deeply while at the same time not wanting…

I got a new wallet.  It was a Christmas gift.  Have I ever mentioned that I get attached to accessories and things after I’ve had them for a while?  Where most might decide it’s time to upgrade, I am only just starting to break the item in.  For example, I kept my iphone well past…

I was jumping in place trying to keep moving so my body would stay warm.  It was so cold and the wind coming off the ocean made it feel even colder.  My breath hung in the air like ice crystals and my hands were frozen solid.  At least they felt like it.  Why did I…

Recently I stopped in the bookstore coffee shop at Troy University to get a latte.   I was already a little emotional because I knew I was getting ready to leave the campus and my middle child behind…again. I heard someone say that it gets easier to send your kids off to college.  Well, I’m three semesters…

Tonight I had the amazing privilege of talking with my nineteen year old son about his journey of faith. He has always been my analytical one, the one with all the questions.  He has never really been satisfied with shallow easy answers.  He has forced me to think outside the box and to be able…