Category: faith

Longing for Heaven

Longing for Heaven

When God answers a desperate prayer, it’s like heaven on earth. It doesn’t get much better.  But what about when we don’t…

What are You Magnifying?

What are You Magnifying?

Last summer, I arrived at my annual dermatology check-up armed with important information. I’d been enjoying a Wrightsville Beach family staycation at…

A Love Letter

A Love Letter

Dear Tom, It’s hard to remember my life before you. Somehow, you were always here; always meant to be. I love you falls…

Lucky in Love

Lucky in Love

In November 1985, as our loved ones gathered around, Tom and I walked the aisle, prayed, linked arms and promised to stick…

I Married a Stranger

I Married a Stranger

I feel a little jealous when someone says, “I married my best friend!” or “We were high school sweethearts.” I married a…

Where is Your Focus?

Where is Your Focus?

I asked God for a word that would help me accomplish His plans for me in 2020. The word, Focus, came to me, oddly enough, during the Total Strength class at the YMCA.

Prayer for a New Year

Prayer for a New Year

I find myself still wandering around in the old year working on the lessons begun there. I’m not as excited about a new year as I usually am. I want to be dazzled by the new number and the new decade but it hasn’t hit me yet.
So I come to you Lord, humbly, again offering myself completely to you. I don’t have it all together, but this is what I do know: You are my everything. I fervently long for your will to be done in my life so that I will bring you glory in this bright and shiny New Year.