I’ve got some bad news for the self-sufficient and some good news for the weak.
I’ll just go ahead and put it out there… be blunt… no beating around the bush…
God does not need you.
Category Archives: My Thought Closet
How to Know If You Are Living with an Alien
“Clayton,” I said “the violin concert is in a few hours. Does your uniform need ironing?”
Eighth grade Clayton stood from his computer and pulled his embroidered shirt from the closet.
“It’s fine,” he shrugged. “No wrinkles.”
“What about your black pants?”
The First Face I’ll See
“You look so much like your mom did when she was your age.”
Those were the words of a friend as she scrolled through some family photos with me.
“Do you remember her face?”
2 Simple Ways to Change Your Past
Change the past? Huh?
Do you think maybe I’m being a little presumptuous — or maybe a little ignorant — to even suggest that changing the past is possible?
Oh girl, I wish I could change some things about my past and I know you do too!
We’ve all got stuff… stuff that happened to us that we wish we could change. We’ve all got stuff… stuff we’ve done we wish we could undo.
But, we can’t.
Is Your Life Too Messy for God?
“Plan on getting dirty” were the first words the instructor said at the start of my pottery lessons. And, oh girl, she was right.
I was filthy!
I had clay up to my elbows and dirt on my jeans.
But, I loved it!
Break Free from the Prison of Self-Reliance
One thing I can see clearly through blind eyes is that self-reliance is not all it’s cracked up to be.
I used to think that if I could just rely on myself – if I didn’t have to depend on others – then I would experience real freedom.
But, blindness just makes total self-reliance impossible. And, to be honest, sometimes dependence on others can feel like prison bars which keep me from the freedom of independence.
