Sometimes I Write Things

Pride is a killer.    It puts self first and others last It reduces truth to nothing Pride says, I will do this my way no matter who I hurt Pride says I am better than anyone else It hates being wrong It doesn't like authority Pride is lazy Pride is manipulative,...

No longer a slave. No longer in chains. No longer a groveler, under dark sin's reign. No longer a shadow. No longer ashamed. No longer a hider from the light of your name. I live as an heir now. I bear your holy name. I raise my head in freedom. My heart filled with...

"None is righteous, no not one." Romans 3:10 I read these words today and it was a humbling reminder to me. It's easy to get on our high horse when "somebody else" fails. To judge them, to discredit them, to criticize them with flair. But wait, what did that verse...

Someone told me today that I need to stand up and fight for my rights and freedoms.  Another person told me I shouldn’t fight for my rights unless I have a different color of epidermis. Someone else told me that I should be tolerant of people who think differently...

Someday soon I shall see your face, touch your hands and feet Someday soon I will be at peace, walking finally with you Someday soon I shall laugh with you, bow to you and sing Someday soon I will be fulfilled, joy will thrill my every moment Someday soon I will be...

You don't scare me and yet I fear you.You don't require anything of me, but I want to serve you.You are so holy, I can't bear to look at you, and yet all I want is to see your face.You are so mighty, I fear to stand before you, and yet I long to be wrapped in your...

Perspective 1: I am a woman. This is my body and I can do with it whatever I want no matter who I hurt. Being pregnant doesn't make me special and there are no consequences if I decide to get rid of this life inside me. Hurting someone else makes me feel strong. If...

I had to chuckle a few nights ago as I sat with my mother listening to the speaker at the retreat we are attending. I misunderstood the directions she gave to choose a number one and a number two. I immediately chose 1, jotting it down on my paper. Then she went on to...

I think sometimes when "great" men fall, we often vilify and discount anything good they may have done in their life. I recently read of the confirmation of Ravi Zacharias' transgressions and it broke my heart. He was always someone I thought of as a person of...