I've been waiting a long time for my book in my hand. What I'm waiting for is just around the corner. I've been here before, in other times of waiting. This is the time when I get tense and wish it was here, already. It's a familiar time, but not welcome. Small things frustrate me. …
Category Archives: Emotional Health
Beginning to Believe
I’m fifty-eight. I’m beginning to believe in myself. One of the results of childhood abuse has been a difficulty with believing in my own judgment. My childish belief, “I should have known not to go with my father that terrible day,” has warped my self-image. The length of time this healing has taken is a …
Right or Healed?
Matthew 18's parable of the ungrateful servant ends with the words, "“This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.” Jesus is speaking of being thrown into a torturer's den if having been forgiven, we do not forgive. Don't we like to think of Jesus …