A Life Surrendered
The start of this blog in 2011, which I named A Life Surrendered, was a response to God asking me to open up about the things I was learning as a wife and mama following God—the good and the bad, the ugly and the beautiful. He used Matthew 5:14-16 in the Message translation to call me out. The lines that urged me on and continue to urge me on are, “Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.”
It is my hope, as I share openly and honestly about the things I’ve struggled with, the things I’ve overcome, and the things I still have yet to overcome, that you would come to know the nature and heart of God. You don’t have to fear losing the loving of God when the process of transformation gets long and messy. There’s nothing you can do or not do that will cause God to ever stop pursuing you. He will not stop trying to get your attention, and you always have His.
Articles
A Heart for Missions
I have a heart for missions. The dictionary says a mission is an important assignment, a strongly felt calling; especially a Christian one, to go out into the world and spread its faith. For me, it's not just strongly felt, it’s part of my DNA, and I venture to say,...
What does mentoring mean?
Mentoring involves life-to-life exchanges that help others discover and pursue their passions and sort our their priorities, and it’s a process of mutual growth. Mentoring is relational. How am I investing my life, and spending my time and energy to truly make a difference? Getting the most out of life isn’t about how much you keep for yourself, but how much you pour into others.
Live Your Passion
What happens when you don't live your passion? Somewhere along the way, I stopped living mine. Somewhere along the way I lost myself. Somewhere along the way I gave my blog away. There's no pretty way to say it -- I crashed and burned. In my effort to do what I...
The One who calls you is Faithful…
I've been doing some hard, real-life living lately. I've not been writing. I've not been blogging. I share a little why, here. My one week blog break has turned into a month-long-one and is slowly becoming two. I contribute at two other blogs once a month, Allume and...
When you’re tired of being broken…
I’m not quite ready to write in my space. I’m almost ready to share why or what’s been happening, both in heart and home. And I'm briefly coming off my time of rest, because I am at another place. Did I tell you I accepted an invitation to join an amazing team of...
It’s that time again…
Most of you know, and maybe some of you are new around here, but I take a blogging and social media break "about" every seventh week. Which means for six weeks I'm on, and for the seventh week I go quiet, I'm not posting on the blog, Facebook, or Instagram, or...
Dear weary mama, you are a hero.
Dear weary mama, I cannot help but think of you, weary Oklahoma mama. I’ve been heart-heavy over your own heart-heaviness. I’ve thought of you all these last couple of days, wondering how Oklahoma is doing, how you are doing. I cannot fathom. The day the storm came...
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[To Walk or Stay] Ch 6: Leaving would mean I miss a blessing.
Today's discussion is on chapter 6 of "To Walk or Stay, and it is taking place at Tracie Stier-Johnson's blog. Click here to visit. But before you go, I want to share a little about the chapter in the author of "To Walk or Stay," Lara G. William's own words. "I wrote...
What to do in the waiting…
So, I've written a post for Allume today that I am excited about. It's been hard to write lately, and maybe that's why I am excited. Or maybe it was the topic. Yes, that's it. It's about being in the in-between, and what to do while you are waiting. The words I wrote...