What You'd Put Up With

What You'd Put Up With

We sometimes let others tell us what to do that have no business telling us what to do.

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Living at Peace with Everyone Includes Ourselves

Living at Peace with Everyone Includes Ourselves

I wish there were a thing…a word…a concept…where when you were in a relationship with someone for a time and something went badly and it ended but you have forgiven (and you have hopefully been forgiven, but this is not up to you) and yet you both move on with your lives without the other in it…without shame that you’re a bad Christian for not wanting to still be in relationship with the person who has hurt you.

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I am a Control Freak

I am a Control Freak

Turns out, I'm even more controlling than I thought I was.

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Line in the Sand

Line in the Sand

I have not escaped the notice of Jesus. I may be escaping the notice of many many people (and that's truly okay), but I will never escape the notice of Jesus. (And neither will you, by the way.)

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Marriage is an Uncontrollable Thing

Marriage is an Uncontrollable Thing

You don’t think you are controlling, but you are. You need to know going in that you will not be able to control your spouse or your marriage as much as you are hoping to.

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The Committee in My Head

The Committee in My Head

The committee that lives in my head is made up almost entirely of people who are not in my daily life, who do not know my heart or life, and who have at times said very cruel things to me.

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