Girl Meets Budget
Dear Drawing Near community, I have a confession to make. I hate budgets. Not in the same way I dislike licorice or avocados (I know that many of you are obsessed with avocados- sorry), but in a different way; a more intense way. I am not proud to tell you this, but I hate budgets. […]
Training My Tongue
But no human being can tame the tongue—a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be so. James 3:8-10 […]
Blinding Rain and Wise Counsel
Over the weekend the weather was stormy and relentless. It was my turn to pick up my mother and bring her to my house for dinner and I was warned by one of my sisters that it wasn’t a good idea. I didn’t listen because I thought that my commitment was more important and a […]
Pray It Forward
PRAY IT FORWARD As a counselor, I believe in healing. As a Christian, I believe healing occurs when we allow Jesus to enter the most painful parts of our lives, take us by the hand, and show us the way out. As a mother, I believe healing for my children…and their children…and their children begins […]
Training My Tongue
but no human being can tame the tongue—a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be so. James 3:8-10 […]
He Loves Me….He Loves Me Not…
Daisies are one of my favorite flowers. They remind me of a long-ago time secured in childhood innocence. As a young girl, I would pick a daisy from my grandmother’s garden and anxiously await as each petal revealed to me the truth about love. I would gently pluck off the first pure-white petal and say […]
A Letter to the Brokenhearted
I’m walking with a young friend through a breakup. I’m grieved by her pain, and honored by her trust in me in equal measure. Don’t you remember the deep, physical pangs that come with the loss of love? It’s like the side piece gets ripped out of your life’s Jenga tower. Everything is falling all […]
Forgetting the Past
I have been thinking a lot lately about why it is so difficult to put our past behind us– specifically those things we would rather forget. We sometimes simply get stuck in the past and find it impossible to grab hold of the future. With one hand in the past, it is difficult to move […]
Digging the Well of Meaning
In the second chapter of Acts, the people were perplexed when the day of Pentecost came and a violent wind came from heaven filling the whole house where people were sitting. They saw tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them, and all were filled with the Holy Spirit. Jesus […]
Who Am I?
Good morning friends! Paul describes in his letter to the Ephesians, that we are a community bound together in our love for Jesus. We are on this spiritual journey of deepening our faith together and that brings me great encouragement. Today’s topic is a question, ” Who am I?” It’s a question that we all, […]