Tag: Jesus
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How is Love Abusive?
How is Love Abusive? IT’S NOT!! Love is NEVER abusive. Yet coming out, to a theater near you this valentines day, is an expected blockbuster…glorifying abuse, and calling it love! I remember the weeks before the book came out, and at the bookstore there was a big buildup going on. This book was supposed to…
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Wallowing and “Suffering”
I am ashamed to admit that I have spent a lot of time wallowing in my own issues this last month! “Suffering for Jesus” is the phrase I used to make myself feel better, after all, am I not following Him and suffering in the process? I was “too tired” to read His word, and…
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“Bling Bling” from Jesus
“You are a magpie,” my cousin said one day, as we were walking through the downtown flea markets in Helsinki. “They gravitate to sparkly things, and so do you.” What can I say, it’s true. If it sparkles, I am mesmerized. I even became a rep for a sterling silver company just so I could…
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“Just Rest”
These last few weeks I have been hearing from women…women that are exhausted, angry and burned out. I know what that feels like. It’s a huge burden to bear, and for so many there doesn’t seem to be an answer. It’s even too tiring to pursue Jesus and His peace. Sitting in church, instead of…
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Surrender=Healing (part 10)
One of the hardest things to do is to surrender. I have fought it all my life. I want things on my terms, with my conditions. I don’t know if all are the same, but many are. We can surrender certain things, at certain times…but letting it all go without any knowledge of where the…
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Love Revolution
“Have you had your hug today?” This was a question I heard for years, when I used to go to work as a flight attendant. I looked forward to seeing this co-worker. I didn’t get hugs in my daily life, and craved contact with another human being. Those hugs were like therapy. I could feel…
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Beauty Secrets
Have you ever noticed that when you feel beautiful, your entire personality changes, and you see other people respond? It is a cycle. A nice one. Then, on a different day…one isn’t feeling so beautiful and it’s easy to see that other’s don’t respond either. Beauty and confidence, quite often, go hand in hand. People…
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Presents vs Presence
I have had a bit of an addiction for those occasions that warrant the giving of gifts. There were years when I spent over my “budget” to buy the “perfect” gift for someone. My own lists were long, and I confess that I spent a lot of time obsessing if I would get what was…
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Dependence
Often relationships become lopsided. One needs and expects more than the other, or one is more demanding and eventually the other becomes drained of energy. It is said that relationships are 50/50…but it really should more like 100/100. There aren’t really any other options, but often the numbers are uneven, and one inevitably gives more…