Genesis 50:20
As I grow in intimacy with the Lord, I find my self unlearning lies I believed about God’s character and relearning the truth of His character. This leads me to doing the same about my own identity through the eyes of my Maker. Redefining through close relationship with the Lord and the truths of His Word.
A few years ago when I took the Minister of Children position, I had my first taste of discrimination. It pales in comparison to what many experience, not here to pretend to compare, but to say it opened my eyes. A friendship changed after taking that position as a woman on a ministry team and…
A few weeks ago in a blog post I mentioned that during a church service one night I came to a turning point. A decision, a place I needed to get to on my own where I felt God saying to me “How many times Bethany? How often will we go around about this.” At…
During an extremely difficult season of church ministry I received a mental picture from the Lord. It was so direct. So specific. So me, that I couldn’t have forgot it even if I wanted to. And let’s be clear I don’t EVER want to. This revelation came to me at such a confusing, foggy, what-is-even-happening-right-now…
Pruning. If you read in John 15 you’ll see. You must be bearing fruit in order to be pruned. Otherwise you are like a branch cut off. Pruning towards growth. Pruning for extension. Pruning not because you did something wrong but because you are doing something right. Been feeling like the an…
Last fall, right before my open house I shared a post with you guys about how each year I do something more to prepare for the holiday season. Each year I try to be better prepared, try to make it easier on Scotty, on my family, on me, on my emotions, on my body. You…
There have been days in the past when I wished I had a t-shirt that said “Today is not the day. And I am not the one.” And then I would wish that I had the guts to wear it… If I’m really honest, I’ve had strings of days like that, maybe because of a…
I’m beginning to recognize as I mature, as I learn to listen, as I challenge myself to take time to seek and dig deep, the bible stories I grew up hearing and being told; come at me, come to life, and come apart in ways only the Bible, the LIVING and ACTIVE Word of God,…
Picture this. Walking fast, with purpose, heels clicking, boots stomping, arms swinging, confident this is the way until, wham! Smack dab into a glass door. Surprised, head hurting I wonder “Where’d that come from?” Or maybe this. Walking fast, with purpose, heels clicking, boots stomping, arms swinging, confident there is no other way, but…
I’ve climbed staircases in my life, literal ones. The one in my childhood home that stopped on a landing at the front door of our bi-level and then up to the living room. The one in our farmhouse apartment, curved and with gaps in the wooden steps where crickets would get stuck in the summertime…