Trading My Sorrows …….. Grace Restored

Pain

  • The Drudge of Grudge

    A grudge is the most selfish and pridefully destructive thing. Unpacking this today (not because of anyone having a grudge against me but because of working with people about forgiveness)  Here’s the thing about a grudge. It does’t accomplish anything… Continue reading

  • It’s Gonna Be Alright Child

    I already know this post might cost me readers but I will say this anyway. People get spooky about GOD working so directly in a life but this is really happening and besides I have no way of knowing who… Continue reading

  • Anger or Mercy.

    I recently took quite a few personality tests. They were all geared to find out more about myself and also with whom I would be most compatible. It was exciting to take them and discuss them, because I hadn’t in… Continue reading

  • It’s Never Ok except to LOVE THROUGH.

    It’s never ok to play with someone’s heart. Dangling hopes, dreams and desires before someone who has prayed for a while for those things is bound to hurt them and confuse them. That’s never honest and never compassionate regardless of… Continue reading

  • Changing Scars to Beauty Marks

    I heard Anne Graham Lotz talk about God changing our scars to beauty marks. LORD knows I had some scars. I was talking to someone after a lecture I attended and after our conversation I drove home with alot of… Continue reading

  • Wail On, Pit Dwellers

    (Please note, I totally believe GOD wants to hear from us. I have been a pit dweller at times in my life this is written for a reminder to myself as well ) Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! No one just wakes up with an emotionally burned… Continue reading

  • Why Crash Dummies are Smarter than Humans

    Yeah this title may sound silly but lets explore this notion. A crash dummy is made for one purpose, to see how it can withstand the impact of trauma. It isn’t meant to survive the impact but to be evaluated… Continue reading

  • Whatever it Takes

    I used to sing a song called Whatever It Takes. I remember a man in my church saying to becareful because God might just do whatever it takes. Within a few years I was divorced facing life alone after 20… Continue reading