Serious About Faith. Light-Hearted About Life.
Oh Peter.
Whenever I read about Apostle Peter’s escapades in the Bible, I can’t help but smile. Mainly because I identify so much with him. In contemporary speak, he would totes be my homeboy. Bro, even.
Why, you ask? Well, one minute he is on fire for the Lord, pledging his allegiance and swearing he will follow him no matter what, even to death… Then a few hours later Peter has denied Jesus three times before the rooster crowed. [Read more…]
Welcome to another week of our Everyday Jesus link-up. Be sure to link-up below this post, comment on your neighbor’s blog and share with your friends… Because Jesus is everywhere, every day!
***
I knew when I started out, this wasn’t going to end the way I expected.
A few weeks ago, I went for a run. It was the perfect temperature– 52 degrees, 9am in the morning at the tail of our lovely Pacific Northwest summer. It was SUPPOSED to be a long run, one of my longest to date.
However, about ten days prior I caught a cold. Which, as a former asthmatic, has a tendency to make a pit stop in my lungs.
My “normal” life taskings were doing ok and I was feeling mostly fine, but something about my need to use my lungs to run any distance at all, let along long distance, was going to pose an issue.
I was about one mile in when I knew for sure that my run was just not going to happen the way I planned. [Read more…]
As I sit here and type this post, I have a little one-dollar metal sign propped on the left hand side of my roll top desk.
It says, “Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.”
I have been in possession of this sign for probably close to a decade. I acquired it before I was hardcore following Jesus in the days when I lived and breathed on achieving. It was all about me and what I was doing.
It is probably no secret that I was borderline perfectionistic.
But as I started walking closer with Christ over six years ago (for real this time) He began to reveal the major flaw in my quest for perfection.
Perfection leaves no room for grace. [Read more…]
Ever have one of those days where all you really can do is stare at the ceiling and say, “Seriously, Lord!?!”
I do. Rather frequently, in fact.
These “Seriously, Lord” days are not exceptionally bad. Or tragic. Or earth shattering. But they generally fall into the category of frustrating and the only thing left is for us to just take a deep breath as we let it go.
I had one of these days a few weeks ago. [Read more…]
Welcome to another week of our Everyday Jesus link-up. Be sure to link-up below this post, comment on your neighbor’s blog and share with your friends… Because Jesus is everywhere, every day!
***
Long story short:
I hold many different roles in life: wife, mama, minister, friend, aspiring runner, etc.
I am also what many might deem an “overachiever.” (I have talked about why it is ok just to ‘chieve before.)
But you put those roles and my personality together… And it can be a rather dangerous combination.
Not just for our sanity and schedule, but also for my personal relationship with God.
Check out today’s video blog to see how God spoke to me in one of my alleged “failures.” [Read more…]
It was a typical night.
Baby girl and I had completed the day, successfully avoiding major tear-filled meltdowns (from either one of us.)
Hubs came home after his normal 12+ hours of doing army-ish things. Supper was consumed. And then the debate began.
We were both tired from the day (ok, life in general) and we started negotiating on who would give Tiny Human a bath. She was sticky all over and had somehow managed to get smashed blueberry in her hair– and stuck on her forehead.
We recently changed her nightly routine from supper, play, bath, bedtime to supper, bath, play, bedtime. It seemed to be working and I am a huge proponent of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
But Brandon agreed to give her a bath *if* he could do it right before bedtime.
Exhausted, I agreed. Anything to keep the peace, right?
Well. [Read more…]
Welcome to another week of our Everyday Jesus link-up. Be sure to link-up below this post, comment on your neighbor’s blog and share with your friends… Because Jesus is everywhere, every day!
***
If you have been a Christian for more than 33 seconds, you have probably sang and subsequently fallen in love with the song “Amazing Grace.”
And rightfully so. It is an incredible song. Wonderful lyrics, powerful truth and encouraging melody.
As daughters of Christ, we can and should be endlessly thankful for the Amazing Grace He bestows upon us.
But as an army wife, mama and minister, sometimes I beg Him for grace… specifically the kind that changes with my heart needs as the world around me changes.
Because CHANGE. IS. HARD. With the constant, never-ending changes that seem to come hand-in-hand with military life, I need many different kinds of grace. [Read more…]
Via National Acrobat @ Flickr
It had been a long time since I cried during church.
Crying on Sunday during worship used to be kind of my thing for awhile. Shortly after I really started walking close to Jesus a few years ago, Sunday church service would all but bring me to my knees. I had always struggled with being vulnerable… after all, I was the tough farm girl that everyone called the “Rock.”
But during that season of life, I was hurting. It was in the middle of the biggest storm to date and my heart was hurting. A deployment, a terrible job, no sleep, miles from friends/family… crying in church was a regular occurrence.
Afterwards, things simmered down for awhile but soon fired back up again. Hubs was working a ton of hours with his job and I was trying to keep my eyes focused on Jesus, battling the fear that our second pregnancy would end in miscarriage like our first.
So I cried a lot in church then too. [Read more…]
Welcome to another week of our Everyday Jesus link-up. Be sure to link-up below this post, comment on your neighbor’s blog and share with your friends… Because Jesus is everywhere, every day!
***
Sometimes it is a blessing and a curse.
It helps me to do great work but sometimes threatens to consume me.
I am an achiever. [Read more…]
It's been awhile since we have posted a fresh Factor of 7 here at 7 Days Time. We've done a few small ones over the last several months, but we wanted to share one of most recent random acts of kindness with you. Because it was fun. And hey, who … Interested? Read on...
So... let's get serious. (Well, not TOO serious.) Here at 7 Days Time, we have four coaching packages to choose from. As we work through your initial consultation call, together we can determine what package will best suit your coaching needs. … Interested? Read On...
