Fal$e Teacher$

Sweetness… Fal$e Teacher$ By Shai Linne Special dedication to my brothers and sisters on the great continent of Africa: To saints to Malawi, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe. Don’t be deceived by what America’s sending y’all, man. Let me begin While there’s still ink left in my pen. I’m set to contend For truth you can … Continue reading →

You are what you eat.

Like me, I’m sure you’ve heard that saying a thousand times.  You are what you eat.  This never really made an impression on me until yesterday.  My husband and I were discussing the difference between what we consider useful to ‘ingest’ and what was of no use.  The more I pondered on it, the more … Continue reading →

Carry Me

God has been working on my anger, stubbornness, and exaggeration issues.  I know this because in all the study I am doing the words jump out at me to be in line with the Spirit.  The fruits of the Spirit are: “love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” – Galatians 5:22-23.  In contrast, scripture clearly describes what … Continue reading →

I’m still not tired.

When I first announced that I had turned over my life to Christ I received some interesting comments and sideways stares.  I could almost feel the questions behind the reactions… ‘What does that mean?’.  For some this announcement came with the usual reaction of, ‘we’ll see how long this adventure lasts’. It is true that I have … Continue reading →

Falling Short, my story

As I was texting a friend this morning the thought occurred that I have never really written down who I was before.  I have thought about writing it down in the past, but never did, in fear that someone would think ill of me.  Well, to be quite honest, it is ok if you think ill of … Continue reading →

a mommy sized temper-tantrum

This morning before I ever set foot outside of my room I started praying for a good morning with the E man.  Lately he has shown disregard to both of us (his father and me), by ignoring us or talking back when we ask him to do something.  Part of me wants to bend for him because … Continue reading →

see ya later high horse

It comes in many different sizes and shapes… my high horse is my pride in the fact that I have attained a trust and faith in God that many have not.  It couldn’t be further from the truth.  Sure there have been times when my life is revolving around trusting God to provide, and I … Continue reading →

in the midst of sanctification

It’s been an interesting past few weeks for me, and though I cannot go into full detail for the sake of my friends and family, I can expound on some lessons that God has shown me.  “Be careful what you wish for”.. or in my case, pray for.  He will answer you if your heart truly desires … Continue reading →

a fate worse than death

I stared at Ethan a little longer Friday afternoon, and hugged him a bit tighter.  I didn’t want to let him go.  I was completely unaware of what had transpired in Connecticut until I got an email from the school district about safety procedures.  I knew that if they had sent an email like that, … Continue reading →

my Lot in life

We are in the midst of reading through Genesis at my Bible study group.  What is awesome, and a whole other story is that my husband is also now doing the same study (different day, just for men) so we have had major conversation time concerning what God is teaching us.  It’s an amazing thing … Continue reading →

We’re not in Kansas anymore.

Well Dorothy, I think you are right on the money.  Welcome to post-Christian America.  The morning after the presidential elections there was almost a sigh of relief, accompanied by a horrible sense of foreboding.  The sigh is because it is plain to see that this country has made it’s decision, and with more than 50% of the … Continue reading →

his will

I heard a wonderful teaching this morning on how to know what God’s will is for your life, and so I have put in some research of my own and would like to expound for you. First of all, there are 2 kinds of God’s will; preceptive and decretive.  Decretive will is when God declares … Continue reading →

truth is not subjective

Before you can understand what believing in Christ means, you have to understand what sin is.  You’ve probably heard this word, although most people think of the word sin as a playground where we want to hang out (Lady GaGa writes songs about it).  The meaning of the word is becoming subjective in our society, and across … Continue reading →

phone call from hell

My body is still shaking, and my jaw hurts from clenching my teeth.  After I hung up the phone I ran to my room, fell on my knees and wept.  Just thinking about this as I write is frightening.  I won’t apologize for what you are about to read if you don’t believe there is … Continue reading →

this is me.

He has a plan and a purpose for everything. The first few month’s with my husband were absolute bliss.. I can’t even recall what we were doing then, I just remember being so happy that it hurt.  About half way thru our first year I found out that we were going to have my little E-man.  Those … Continue reading →

The Re-Do Button

Two days ago, after I had written one of my better posts to date, I decided to go and change the way my website functioned so that I would have everything in one place.. WordPress.  It was going well, and everything looked fine, and then something happened.  My entire site crashed and I couldn’t get it … Continue reading →

Prune Me

A while back I met a lady named Teresa.  If you have followed my blog for a while you will remember that she is the one I spoke to when I was at the women’s retreat, and quit smoking.  She is all about fitness and asked if I wanted to be on her mailing list. … Continue reading →

thinking of the past

Why is it that the past can so easily sneak up on you?  I realized tonight that my small disdain for something I heard was not because of what was said, it was because of times past.  I drove through my old neighborhood tonight.  I cried when I past the house I grew up in.  That is when I … Continue reading →

What is happening to me?

Two weeks ago I was given the honor (for the second year in a row) to photograph Haworth’s annual Prom party.  It is becoming a tradition for them to show a good time to the architectural and interior design community for specifying their furniture on their projects each year.  I was excited about going, to … Continue reading →

Letting Him in

Wow!  Just when I thought I couldn’t possibly learn something greater, I have.  Before you read this post, go read this one: here.  I’ve just re-read it myself, and can honestly say that when God has something to tell me, He writes it here on my blog… NOT ME!  It is so fascinating to me … Continue reading →