by DB | Mar 15, 2021 | Emotions, Trauma, Trauma, Uncategorized
There are many sorts of broken hearts, and Christ is good at healing them all.Charles haddon Spurgeon It was 2 am when my boyfriend finally got me to the hospital. The melted icepack on my arm was NOT cutting it in regards to the pain I had endured for the last three...
by DB | Feb 22, 2021 | Suffering
Timing is everything. They were the worst cookies I’ve ever made. Truly terrible in every imaginable way. If you ever come over to my house, ask me to make cookies. I make spectacular cookies. It’s my thing. I have a cookie scoop so they are uniform. I bake on...
by DB | Feb 8, 2021 | Personal Holiness, Sin, Suffering
An out of town lawyer friend of mine text me recently to confirm the address of one of our satellite offices. I text him bad “Yep,” paused, and then called. “You’re trying to get there and your GPS has you lost, doesn’t it?” He...
by DB | Jan 10, 2021 | Identity in Christ, Persecution, Suffering
This may be the most controversial blog I ever write. Then again, maybe not. I had two other topics in mind most of the week, but recent events brought my thoughts of the last few months to a head. I knew I could not write on something less important. They Persecuted...
by DB | Nov 23, 2020 | Joy, Suffering
We put up the Christmas tree this week. Not the ornaments yet, just the tree. (Disclaimer: that was as I started writing. By the time I had wrapped up this post, at the insistence of small children, the tree is fully decorated). We usually wait until after...
by DB | Nov 9, 2020 | Bible Literacy, Salvation, Suffering
I don’t want to be brand new. I want to be better than brand new. For the last few years, two boards on my deck have become increasingly squishy and rotten. They didn’t look rotten. so I hid their status as long as I could by moving deck furniture to sit...
