Adventurous has never been a word I would use to describe myself. I have always been more of the cautious type. In fact, a lot of my good choices in life were made in the interest of safety rather than it being a good “moral” choice. As a child, I followed rules because adults were …
Author Archives: Blogging to Bless
Being Made New
It used to take me an hour to get ready for school every morning. I used to curl my hair and meticulously apply makeup. On my drive to school I would elevate my mood by blaring Led Zeppelin. My highs and lows of the day were measured by whether or not a crush spoke to …
A Promise for You
Perhaps it is a combination of just turning thirty and being pregnant, but I have had the quivery-lipped, stingy-eyed feeling for the past 24 hours. If you are female, you probably know what I mean. It’s that lump that climbs up your throat at the smallest threat to your emotions and despite telling yourself to …
Wash and Be Cleansed!
I have a friend who used to throw sheets over her mirrors. She had heard of a religion that believed your soul could be stolen if you looked in a mirror at night. My husband went to law school with some very intellectual individuals who would not take a test without their lucky article of …
Are you in the belly of a fish?
The story of Jonah is one many of us have heard since our youth. Jonah is told to go preach to the Ninevites, a city practicing wickedness, and Jonah catches the next boat available heading to anywhere but Nineveh. As a child, I had always assumed that Jonah feared for his own life and that …
To Anonymous
For some of you who have not been following the dialogue I have been having with an Anonymous reader, this post may seem outside of the spirit of the blog. I can not email Anonymous or respond in private and so the best way is in a post. Please understand that I feel compelled to …
Response to Comment
This post is in response to yesterday’s comment on the blog post “He Didn’t Do It For Nothing.” When I left high school and went off to college I had not been attending church for awhile. I still claimed the Christian faith and did not see church as a bad thing, but whether confessed or …
He Didn’t Do It For Nothing
He did not have to. There were other options. He had plenty of time to change his mind. He knew exactly what I would do; how I would not deserve it. He knew you would never deserve it either, that none of us ever would, but He did it anyway. As the Apostle Paul says …
Thank You for my Blessings!
As I considered starting this blog, I wanted to choose a name that gave a clear image of my intent. I want to be a blessing in the hearts and lives of others and felt that my desire to write allowed for this opportunity, so “Blogging to Bless” was an obvious selection to me. What …
I Am Your Servant
“Because I am not your servant, that’s why!” I angrily told Colette one day after she claimed “convenient dependence,” as I like to call it, when she wanted help with something she was quite capable of doing on her own. She has this handy knack of falling to the floor in helpless despair at the …