Is healing a process or an event?


Both!  We are totally healed IN CHRIST!  But sometimes it takes time for our emotions to catch up with the truth!  I believe we sometimes heal in layers.  In order to truly let go of something, you have to see the weight of the incident and how it has affected your life.  You need to know exactly what you are letting go of before you can release it completely.  Sometimes I forgive a person and then a year or so later I see a different affect on my life so I need to release the person from causing that affect.  Abuse effects the heart deeper than we can ever imagine.  I’m so thankful that my Heavenly Father has a very strategic plan for each of our healing.  Yes, we are completely healed IN Christ and in our spirit.  But as Psalms 23 says, “He restoreth my soul.”

I made the music/video in 2009 that shares my story.  (It’s on this web site under resources.)  I had received more healing that year and was experiencing so much peace.  Recently God decided to bring even more healing into my soul.  Continue reading →

So what about boundaries?


Great question.  Just because we forgive someone does not mean that we always continue in the relationship.  Remember, forgiveness is for you. Forgiveness enables you to heal and be emotionally healthy.   Reconciliation and forgiveness are two different things.  Reconciliation takes two people that are willing to face the disagreement and talk about where they both want the relationship to go from here. Continue reading →

It’s a GOOD Day!


I love this time of year!  We have so much to celebrate as children of God.  I’d like you to think about Good Friday and Easter from a different perspective this year.  As you think about Jesus sacrificial death on the cross; would you also think about your death WITH Him on the cross?  Galatians 2:20 and Romans 6:4-6 tells us that when Jesus died on the cross, we died with HIM!  What does that mean? Continue reading →

Eternal Life


When I was six years old I thought I received eternal life.  I thought that meant I would now live forever with Jesus in heaven.  But eternal life means so much more!  Did you know that eternal life is a person?  John in the book of I John is introducing Jesus to us in a similar way that Ed McMann introduced Johnny Carson on the Johnny Carson show.  Heeerrreee’s Johnny!  Listen to I John 1:1-4 Continue reading →

Two Questions AND One Answer


I often get asked, “Is forgiveness an event or a process?”  I have to answer that question with YES!  As we teach, and as you’ve read in previous blogs, forgiveness is a decision, a choice, based on an act of your will.  If you are IN CHRIST it is now YOUR nature to forgive.  However, the healing from the forgiveness takes time. In the same way a wound on your physical body needs time to heal, a wound to the heart needs time to heal.  Forgiveness STARTS the healing process.  Continue reading →

How can I NOT judge a child abuser?


God often speaks to me through music.  Last Sunday as I was  worshiping God at my church, it was as if the words of the songs were jumping off the screen.  Words that brought comfort and words that gave me a level of understanding about God that I have never grasped before.  As I listen week after week to horrifying stories of abuse and heartache, and as I continually work through some of my own hurts, I hear some of the same questions over and over.  How can God forgive people that commit horrible crimes that wound and damage His children beyond recognition? Continue reading →

What do you think happened to Whitney?


I have never been a groupie but the death of Whitney Houston has really touched me.  What a talented and beautiful lady who did not seem to KNOW who she was in Christ.  Watching people like Whitney downward spiral has made me want to resist ever having money or fame.  Not that I have any possibility of either. :-)   Seriously, what do you think happened to Whitney?  She obviously was raised in a church and in a home that taught her the gospel.  No one really knows for sure who has trusted Christ as their Savior but I honestly think she did.  Why didn’t Whitney understand that Jesus was enough? Continue reading →

The Bible is clear that something died!


Oh my goodness!  I’m on a roll and I can’t stop!  I never expected my blogs to be so much “teaching.”  And, like I said, the last thing I want to do is stir the pot with critics.  BUT I have to say the things I am sharing are near and dear to my heart.  There’s that word again! (Read my last blog for more info. on heart)

As Tim and I discussed my last blog something hit me like a ton of bricks. Continue reading →

Can our heart still be wicked?


Looks like I’m writing another blog that could be seen as controversial.  I guess Father has decided to stretch me in this area.  This topic is quite fitting since this week is Valentine’s Day!

Jeremiah 17:9 tells us that “the heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, who can know it?”   BUT Ezekiel 36 tells us  “I will give you a new heart and a new spirit I will put within you.”  AGAIN, which is it?  Continue reading →

Are we only forgiven if we forgive others?


Controversy is something I do NOT like!  Some people seem to thrive on saying things that “get your attention.”  I’m not one of those people!  However, I believe my Heavenly Father is leading me to write a blog that could be “controversial.”

I grew up believing everything was black or white, right or wrong.  As I’ve grown in my relationship with the Lord and as I’ve matured I’ve realized everything is not so cut and dry.   Here’s a topic that could be seen as controversial :  Does the bible say God will not forgive us if we don’t forgive others?  Continue reading →

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