Waiting can be difficult. It seems that everyday we have to wait whether it’s in slow traffic, in line at the grocery store or for our name to be called at our favorite coffee place. While it may seem eternal it isn’t. If we stop and think about it we know it really isn’t thatContinue reading “Waiting for God to Respond”
Author Archives: Jackie Washington
The Greatest Gift
Wow. It’s so amazing that an entire year has passed and it’s Christmas Eve once again. Many of us may still be shopping for last minute gifts, wrapping presents or getting ready to attend a church service tonight. If you have young children you may be prepping for a long night of assembling doll housesContinue reading “The Greatest Gift”
Who Loves You?
Have you ever had a person or people in your life whose love seemed conditional? Are they happy with you as long as you are meeting their expectations but upset when you don’t? If this is or has occurred what should or did you do? I asked myself this question just last week. You seeContinue reading “Who Loves You?”
Don’t Let Election Day Results Take Away Your Joy
Yesterday was election day in Virginia and in other parts of the country. There were hotly contested elections on both the state and local level in many of these areas. While monitoring the results last night it was evident that many voters in my state were overjoyed with the final outcome. On the state levelContinue reading “Don’t Let Election Day Results Take Away Your Joy”
Forgiveness Can Bring an End To Your Bad Dreams
Have you ever had dreams, bad dreams, about things that have caused you great distress or even worse trauma? I’ve heard it said that dreams are the window to our soul. What we don’t understand or want to process during the waking hours manifest while we sleep. Every so often I dream about being inContinue reading “Forgiveness Can Bring an End To Your Bad Dreams”
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When Will We Finally Stop Splitting Hairs When It Comes To God’s Commands?
This post comes on the heels of yet two more mass shootings over the past weekend as well as countless other single shooting deaths that may or may not have made the news all over the country. When tragedy occurs we all may feel shocked at first and ask the inevitable “Why?”. I know theContinue reading “When Will We Finally Stop Splitting Hairs When It Comes To God’s Commands?”
We Can Find Strength When We Need It Through God
The other day I sitting at a traffic light and over on the other side of the road I saw a woman jogging. She started slowing down and came to a stop and I thought she must be tired. However she wasn’t tired. She was having a seizure. She started shaking and then collapsed faceContinue reading “We Can Find Strength When We Need It Through God”
We Reap What We Sow
This morning I woke up anxious and worried about my older son. He’s completing an internship this summer in another state. I had no specific reason for these thoughts. They started to grow so much that I believed I was going to have a panic attack. I called my husband and told him what was happeningContinue reading “We Reap What We Sow”
Why is it so hard to be grateful?
As I was driving into work this morning I started thinking why is it so hard to be grateful. In the midst of turmoil do you continue to praise God and be thankful or do you become angry and turn away? I have been working hard to engage in the former but sometimes it is so difficult.Continue reading “Why is it so hard to be grateful?”
