A Day’s Journey Reflection I was deeply encouraged by the story of the woman who had been bent over for eighteen years. Jesus saw her. He did not accuse her of seeking attention. He did not assume she wanted approval. He did not condemn her for the way years of suffering had shaped her posture….
Category: The Beast of Shame
Bent by Shame
When Jesus Calls the Bent-Over Woman Forward Scripture Anchor:“When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, ‘Woman, you are freed from your disability.’”— Luke 13:12 Some wounds bend the body, and others bend the soul. In Luke 13, Jesus saw a woman who had been bent over for eighteen years. Scripture…
When the Great Physician Presses the Wound
A Day’s Journey Reflection Before the conversation ever unfolded, I sensed the Holy Spirit showing me an image. It was like a doctor examining an internal wound. He gently pressed on a tender place and asked, “Does this hurt?” The pressure did not create the wound. The pressure revealed where the wound already was. That…
Called Out of the Shadows
Called Out of the Shadows John 8:12 “When Jesus spoke again to the people, He said, ‘I am the Light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’”— John 8:12 There was a time when I lived and walked in darkness, though I did not…
MASH
Building Your Army Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back, remember this: Whoever turns…
Today
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.Matthew 6:19 NIVhttps://matthew.bible/matthew-6-19 When I left my home in haste because of the abuse, I left behind most of my belongings and cried to God; it wasn’t fair that my ex would enjoy the fruit…
Reflections from the Soul
As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.Proverbs 27:19 NIVhttps://proverbs.bible/proverbs-27-19 One day long ago, about twenty years ago when I was deeply in the control of my ex-husband because he decided he was ready to retire and lay the financial burden on me which included a spiraling effect of losses and eventually…
Dungeons and Dragons
I’ve changed the names in this story for the privacy and protection of those I write about in this blog. I’ve learned more about myself through the children I have worked with than I can say they learned from me. But we are all teachers in life, and we can learn from others how to…
Where Are You?
Genesis 1:8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid from the Lord God’s presence among the garden trees. 9 Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”10 So, he said, “I…
Clean Slate
A while back, when my grandkids came to spend the weekend. My granddaughter came crying and said her brother had hit her. At that point, I was overwhelmed with this constant battle, and I did not want to keep reprimanding him; that was not how I wanted to use this precious time. I asked him…