Guest post by Kelly Heuer Last week I shared with you a broad brush stroke of how I came to be who I am. Not a survivor. To say that I am a survivor implies, to me, that I am also still a victim without the perpetrator. I am NOT a victim, no matter how […]
Month: February 2012
His Heart Is Good
Guest Post by Lisa Easterling I recently read a passage from the book Sacred Romance, in which John Eldredge shares how we can love and trust God when oftentimes what He allows to happen to us feels like betrayal. Mr. Eldredge said he was questioned about how we can trust a lover who is […]
The God Who Never Left Me
Guest post by Shea Clark It should have been a happy time. After years of abuse, neglect, and nightmares, I had met the man I knew was meant for me, and we were having a baby. Though I had two other deeply-loved children, this was my first baby conceived in love. I was the happiest […]
Intoxicating Songs
by Jo Ann Fore My husband shared a verse with me the other day, said it was “for me.” Knowing the spiritual depth of my husband-covering, I take that serious. I pull it in tight. Inhale the fresh perfume. It intoxicates. Encourages. Delivers. Inspires. As I dig in, meditate on the Word, I am renewed. “I […]
Worth the Fight
Guest post by Kelly Heuer I don’t think there was a defining moment when I realized I was caught in a bad marriage. It was a slow build, starting from the moment he first saw me. I later learned that he’d spotted me playing volleyball and said to his friends, “She’s a little fat but […]
Unfailing Love: Lessons from Hosea
Guest post by Rita Schulte Marry a whore. Keep her as your wife. She will betray you continuously, but you must love her and never leave her. You will be rejected continuously. You will be seen as a fool. Your life will be painful, your reputation challenged. You will need to trust me. You will […]
Truth in the Details
Guest post by Lisa Luke Easterling I write my truth at my desk in the little office space off the kitchen, with windows all around but often closed to keep out much of the light. There is something comforting about semi-darkness, not to hide me but to allow calm for thinking. I write my truth in […]
The Blessing of Affirmation
Guest post by Cheryl Cope When things start to feel difficult, which seems to occur on a regular basis, I turn to God in a fresh way by making use of biblical affirmations. This means taking God’s promises to believers in Scripture and rewording them into affirmations to speak over myself. First, I pinpoint the […]
Wonder and Lightning
Guest post by Lisa Easterling I watched him descend the stairs at the ice forum one evening, his lanky frame sauntering in characteristic fashion and making me smile at memories of watching him walk across parking lots and down mall midways and across rooms for more than thirty years. I watched him until he disappeared around […]
The Taming of a Mind
Guest post by Alyssa Avant Most newlywed brides live in a fantasy land seemingly unshaken by anything negative that might arise in the new marriage. Despite no real negativity in my young marriage, my mind quickly conjured up problems of astronomical magnitude. From a young age my mind would often spin into overdrive with a […]