the path of least resistance

What is a “path of least resistance”?  You’re hiking through a thick forest, off the beaten path.  As you forge through, leaves crunching under your boots, you look for the easiest way to get to your destination.  The brush is thinner over there, so you instinctively alter your path to make the hike easier.  There’s a fallen […]

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I had just spoken the scariest words a mom could say. For once, the words weren’t part of my agenda. And I was terrified.  “Do everything you want with me, God,”  I said.  “I’m letting go.” At that tearful moment, I sat at the kitchen counter with my face in my hands.  I wasn’t trying to strike […]

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“My day started like any other.” Just a normal day.  Got up early, brewed my coffee, opened God’s Word…until doubt crept into my heart from the enemy.  Okay, it didn’t creep.  It was a flat-on, smack-me-in-my-coffee-guzzling-mouth attack! “You’re failing.”  Where did that come from?  Good-bye, Perfect Mom of the Year Award!  I’m a failure. Consequently, what proceeded […]

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