Hope creates and maintains a different reality as we learn to untangle ourselves from what we thought it should be. All of the unbecoming in order to become is a messy process but the new reality is unimaginatively better. You will realize that everything that happened was supposed to and you are right where God meant for you to be because you were holding onto hope anyway.
“This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…” We have all hummed this catchy little tune a time or two. It is based on Matthew 5:16. Jesus had just finished healing thousands and giving us the gift of the eight beatitudes. Jesus wasn’t talking about making sure we turned on our porch lights at night. He was talking about letting the Holy Spirit shine brightly within us. The Holy Spirit is sent to each believer to dwell with us. This “glow” means the light within you is how you allow yourself to be led by the Holy Spirit.
Boldness has taken an interesting turn since childhood. As a girl growing up in the desert, being bold meant facing off with the rivers of flash floods. Or when I was in seventh grade, I punched a boy in the face for picking on my brother. I’m finding I’m not the same girl in…
Every so often, a friend writes a book that creates change in our lives. Tricia Goyer is a long time friend with one such book. It has coffee stains, scribbles, and ear marks. Today is she sharing a part of that book on my blog today! Heather MacFadyen – creator and host of the…
I love to run. In fact, my latest pair of pink Brooks running shoes have a hole in them from all the months of training for the Lincoln Half Marathon that took place in May. I haven’t thrown them away because that race taught me something. It taught me to run to the things that…
Posted: Saturday, December 26, 2015 8:00 am Breaking some bones, breaking some barriers Heather Riggleman / Chasing Perfect Kearney Hub If someone asked you to describe the best days of your life, how would you answer? The list would usually include four or five of life’s biggest milestones such as meeting that perfect someone, the…