My friend Judy keeps a clean house filled with carefully chosen paintings and crafts, including her own art quilts. One day, as I stood in her white kitchen overlooking her backyard flowers, I noticed her spotless refrigerator as she opened the door to get ham for our lunch. “How do you keep your refrigerator so …
Author Archives: Karen
Really My Fault?
When parents have abused us as children, the first decision of forgiveness and healing is to say, “I was sinned against.” Another decision of forgiveness is to say “It was not my fault.” Assuming we deserved the abuse can block opening up the wounds for God’s healing. As children, any bad thing that happened to …
“Selfish” Prayer
During one of my early years as a believer, I prayed only for my own emotional healing. I especially asked for self-esteem. I prayed for a year, every day. I didn’t pray for anyone else. I knew I didn’t feel very good about myself. I knew God needed to do a deep work in me …