Grit and Grace

As the days drew nearer for my mom’s battle with cancer to come to an end, I had an overwhelming sense of despair come over me. With my dad having passed from cancer just three years prior, I was facing what I vocalized as feeling like I was becoming an orphan. According to WordNet Dictionary,…

Have you ever been in a group where there was a conversation going, yet you felt isolated or left out? Perhaps it wasn’t intentional, but we don’t always know, do we?  One thing is certain: when we are left out it can leave us feeling unwanted, excluded and sometimes it may even hurt a little…

“Life is hard #butGod” has been my motto in recent years, as I navigated many losses and journeyed through healing my body. However, amidst all the losses one thing remained: I chose to have a VICTOR attitude rather than a VICTIM attitude through it all. Clinging to the Word of God for strength, I held…

Hello Dear Friend! I realize my interaction in this space has been very sporadic to say the least and for that I do apologize.  Life has been hard #butGod has been so faithful to carry me through to where I am today. God is turning my Pain to Empowerment! I am grateful to be in…

Christmas has been hard for me the past four years as I navigated the loss of my Daddy, our business and home, being away from family and friends, and the loss of my Mom. So this year, I set out to focus on the JOY of celebrating the birth of JESUS and enjoying all the…

I have baggage, don't you? The kind of baggage that leaves us with the choice to either allow it to define us, or refine us. To break us or to make us. To make us bitter or make us better.

...I needed to focus on where I wanted to be, not where I was currently!

It's a desperate cry for Him to reveal Himself to me and like God always does-He remains quiet until I am still enough to hear His gentle and loving voice.

He's already won the battle for you! And He'd do it a thousand times over to show you how much He cares.