Author: Mel

One of the hardest journeys that any of us will ever walk is the pain of broken relationships. The people around us have the capacity to enrich our lives immensely, but also to break our hearts. As much as we might want it to be otherwise, we simply can’t have one without the other. Being…

It’s easy to imagine what walking through quicksand must feel like. First it would slow you down; and you would be struggling all the time, yet making very little progress. Your limbs would feel heavy and cumbersome, and the effort would become too much for your weary body. In fact, unless you had someone to…

How do you give yourself permission to shine? That question, and its impact on my life, is something I’ve been pondering for the past few weeks. What if I offend people? What if I step out and I discover I’m completely alone? What if no one understands what I’m doing, or why I’m doing it?…

It’s time to move on. That’s what I keep telling myself. When I wake up in the middle of the night feeling sad, when I rehash things over and over in my mind, when emotions rise to the surface, I push it all away and sternly tell myself, it’s time to move on. And it…

It would be fair to say that this has been a pretty tough year for our family. And anyone who knows us knows that we are still struggling through, sometimes surviving only one day at a time! We’ve all been there. Recently I went for a routine check-up with the doctor. Just the usual tests…

What God is teaching me about FEAR…… Did you know it is a fact, that 90% of the things we FEAR never even happen? 90%!!! And of the 10% of things that do happen, God will provide us the grace to deal with them. We can spend so much time living in FEAR of what…

When was the last time you were still? Can you remember? I hate to admit this, but I can’t. I don’t mean watching TV, or reading a book. I mean really still, in communion with God. Pondering life and listening to where He is leading you. I confess, it’s a difficult task for me. It…

Pure Beauty, as it is revealed in us, should leave a lasting legacy. It should be so evident in our words, thoughts and actions that it is undeniable to those around us. It is something we should reflect to others in our everyday life. It is a gift from God to be embraced and shared….

This is something I’ve often heard as a Christian, yet somehow found very hard to accept. What does it mean? I guess in my mind, overcoming has been reduced to merely surviving, to getting through and hopefully coming out in tact on the other side. It’s just a word. But I’ve been wondering lately, what…

Pure Beauty. Seeing ourselves the way God sees us. What comes to mind when you hear those words? For most of us as women, applying those concepts to our lives is difficult, if not impossible. Ask a group of women to make a list of things they don’t like about themselves, and they will come…