I sat there at She Speaks. Mentally, emotionally, physically exhausted. My nerves we stinging with excited expectation of meeting thousands of women I had never met before…but I wondered…Would I meet up to their expectations? Would I be who they thought I would be? Would I be good enough for them? Would someone, anyone, know […]

“Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.” Malachi 3:11-12 […]

Many times I have felt it necessary to go to the floor. Literally. To literally lay myself on the ground before Him in sacrifice of my will for His. It is nothing I do out of my own accord but rather obedience to the moments calling. There is nothing in this sinful girl that is […]

I laid my head on my Bible last night. Partly in sheer exhaustion from the previous day’s events. Too tired to really process The Word, I just hoped that somehow it would seep into my heart. Desperation for Jesus is a beautiful thing, especially when your heart screams and bleeds to understand the pain. Abandonment […]

So can I just say I am in love with “A Confident Heart”! Renee, you hit it out of the park with this book. I already have the first few chapters highlighted and sticky noted!   There were so many parts I loved. However, the stories Renee told about her abandonment fears, they pulled at […]

For months this snippet of scripture has been running through my head.  “You know Stephanie, he gives and takes away.”  Almost like a taunting. A fearful statement that has paralyzed me in my writing… “Stephanie, you know if your writing isn’t good enough, He will take it away.” “You aren’t ever going to get this book […]

“We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go.” Hebrews 6:18 MSG   I used to run. Up to my 9th month of pregnancy with Ryan I ran 2-3 miles per day. Not because I was health conscious. I […]

Then Jesus, the anger again welling up within him, arrived at the tomb. It was a simple cave in the hillside with a slab of stone laid against it. Jesus said, “Remove the stone.” The sister of the dead man, Martha, said, “Master, by this time there’s a stench. He’s been dead four days!” Jesus […]

There is nothing which isolates like grief. Perhaps never will you feel so alone as you do during that moment of weeping tears which seem to never end. The heaves of a chest filled with distress crying out for some mercy from the pain. I have not seen anything which rips at the soul like […]

As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. Psalm 71:14 Dear Lord, In your word it says that you are the God of hope. All hope comes from you. Forgive me for the times that I have placed my hope in the things or people of this world. […]