When my coworker tells me she and her daughter have been reading my blog and its been ministering to them both. My mentee in Africa emails me she misses me. Even having a mentee in Africa. My dad sends me a text he loves me (I love you too dad). A slew of folks on facebook… Continue reading Life’s Beautiful Moments
Category: Doing Life To My Best Ability
Just Another Day After Work
I’m currently sitting in Panera, awaiting the arrival of my soup and salad. The perfect combination for an early fall evening. Although it feels more like winter with the first visitation of snow making its way to Cleveland, Ohio. So often I write about the past; recent life events that have had an impact… Continue reading Just Another Day After Work
Just Roommates
I’ve heard it said that married couples can fall into a “lull”. Sometimes the lull lasts for months… sometimes years. Subtly the couple’s relationship becomes based more on the kids and the house and their jobs than on each other. Their love for each other turns cold and they find themselves sitting across the table at dinner with only… Continue reading Just Roommates
A Long Way Home
Four years ago I couldn’t have imagined that I would become entangled in this way. Not with him that is…And every meeting pushes me further and further away from my goal which is Christ. To live for Him, to surrender to His will, to walk with Him. Instead my spiritual compass is sporadically pointing in every direction and much… Continue reading A Long Way Home
The Fight of My Life
When I look back on my testimony with Christ I struggle with the messiness of it all. There was no perfect Christian home to serve as the foundation of my faith (I mean really is there ever?). There was not even an ideal 2-parent family setup with a Cosby-like appeal. Instead there was struggle and darkness and well meaning… Continue reading The Fight of My Life
Still Growing Up
For the first time today I admitted to myself, I don’t have it all together (you have no idea how much it freaks me out to admit this). My plan isn’t working. My future is not revealed. I’m 30 and still wondering. And that’s ok… But not really. Not for a type A planner, go-getter, ambitious, goal-oriented… Continue reading Still Growing Up
Finding Hope in Dire Circumstances
The joy of the Lord has truly been my companion in this season. Most days the beautiful rays of sunshine greet me in the morning and I bound out of bed to join the rest of the world in the hustle and bustle of life. It’s usually pretty easy for me to be joyful during… Continue reading Finding Hope in Dire Circumstances
A Way of Escape Part 2: Breaking the Power of Sin
When I first became a Christian I was extremely zealous. I would hit the streets with my crew and proclaim the liberty of Christ up and down each sidewalk. Unashamed and unafraid, I wanted everyone to know the power Christ had to save. It didn’t matter if you were homeless standing on the street corner, a prostitute waiting for… Continue reading A Way of Escape Part 2: Breaking the Power of Sin
A Way of Escape
When I was a kid I remember doing this fire drill in a huge building filled with fake smoke and a fake fire. We dropped to our knees, put our heads down, and on hands and knees, followed the person in front to the nearest exit. The experience itself was to prepare us just in case we encountered a… Continue reading A Way of Escape
A Runner’s Heart
I’ve never been a runner. Never been athletic. 10-year-old Nicole struggled to complete a mile when attempting to run around the outside track located near her apartment complex. I think she made it to half a mile and had to walk. As an overweight child, I leaned more towards leisurely reading then working up a… Continue reading A Runner’s Heart