by DB | Sep 14, 2020 | Emotions, Friendship
Her words stung. No, they cut. The cut was deep, probably because the part of my heart she tore at was already raw. I was about 6 weeks postpartum with my first child. My mommy-heart was breaking at the thought of going back to work and missing a single moment with my...
by DB | Aug 31, 2020 | Emotions, Salvation, Suffering
Why do bad things happen to good people? I’ve never liked that question, but it is important. It makes sense that we ask it. When bad things happen to good people, it feels unjust. God is just. (Job 4:17) He loves justice. (Psalm 11:7, 33:5, 99:4) We are made in...
by DB | Aug 24, 2020 | Emotions, Identity in Christ
Last week’s blog started with a working title of “Prodigal: Redeeming Regret” because when I was first asked by a reader to write about regret, my thoughts immediately when to the Parable of the Prodigal Son. When I tried to write, however, nothing...
by DB | Aug 17, 2020 | Emotions, Salvation
I regretted the words as soon as they were out of my mouth. Okay, maybe not the words as much as the tone of my voice… if Drill Sargent is a tone….If you had been there you would have seen the two boys sitting on the other boy in the playground area...
by DB | Aug 10, 2020 | Emotions, Personal Holiness
It was an amazing day until I overreacted. I had taken a day off work to attend an online conference for Christian women communicators. I had received so much amazing information and felt assured of my calling to write. I’d come home where my boys had missed me...
by DB | Aug 3, 2020 | Bible Literacy, Emotions
When I saw the post, my face fell. My husband, seeing my expression, immediately thought something bad had happened.“What’s wrong?”“Nothing.” I crammed the phone in my pocket. I needed to load the kids in the car and get them to my brother’s house to eat lunch. I’d...
