Fierce & Fearless

Her life is not a glossy magazine, filled with photo-shopped images and perfectly placed words. Her life is rumpled pages and torn edges intermingled with fragment sentences, broken paragraphs, and the wonder…

There is always opportunity to surrender … but why would she? The woman warrior for Christ knows the One who wears the Victor’s crown. The enemy tries to posture and pose, but she refuses to give…

Traveling is something our family has always done. When Covid came along and air travel became more challenging, we decided to reconsider our mode of transportation. We purchased a van, had it customized to include a bathroom, and took off…

Today, she will purpose to place her heart on the Potter’s wheel. God knows the transformation process is not always pretty. Just as He knows…

If He wanted perfect, does she really think He would’ve chosen her? The Lord knows she is but flesh and blood. But, oh how it blesses Him to know she longs to please Him. How it blesses Him to know she seeks…

The wounds in His hands and feet, and the scars on His back, were not for some other sinner. The crown of thorns that pierced His scalp, and the robe meant only to mock, were not for some other transgressor. Jesus Christ endured the cross for…

There is a place of sweet surrender—where peace reigns and grace flows. The woman warrior for Christ knows that life never stops making demands. There will always be appointments to keep and chores to complete. And yet, neither will she allow…

Her heart cries out to the Living God! When she hears the news she dreads, He captures her tears. When she faces another mountain, He holds her hands. When her world falls to pieces, He comforts her soul. The woman warrior for Christ sets her eyes…

She’s not just holding on or barely getting by. The Lord has her in the palm of His hand. Why does she look at her circumstances and …

Today she ran into an old friend. It was the voice of shame and regret. The voice called to her, waving from the crosswalk of her past. She knows the voice is a liar—seeking only to lure her back to…

She has not traveled this way before. It is a hard path, but the woman warrior for Christ knows she does not walk alone…

She’s not going back. This is one of those crossroads. She knows the Lord is speaking to her heart—encouraging her to hold fast to the ground…

She can’t seem to step off the treadmill of life … hours pass by in a blur, and one appointment folds into another. In her busyness, she becomes blind to the majesty of her Maker. Guilt is quick to rush to her aid and…

Has she allowed the enemy to hijack God’s plan for her life?

Let not your heart be troubled. Easier said than done, I thought, rushing from one appointment to the next.

Nothing was wrong. I was just busy. With busyness comes distractions, and with distractions comes wrong-thinking. My mind becomes entrapped by the cares of this world, and before long…

Do you sometimes find yourself moving about in a daze—mindlessly going through the motions? Traveling down the same roads, walking across the same streets, and even moving in and out of the same rooms without so much as a thought of how you arrived?

Today as I drove to the office a loud, lengthy, and unexpected horn blasted into my thoughts, causing my mind to scramble and heart to leap in my chest. It was the sound of a …

We’ve all experienced pain caused by the words of another person. While we can’t control what comes out of another person’s mouth, we can control our reaction to those words. Words only have as much power as we give them. If only it were so …

In the Wonder Woman movie, Antiope is the Amazon Army General and aunt to Diana, (Wonder Woman). Antiope is fierce, she is fearless, and she is a spectacular warrior. While Antiope is teaching a younger Diana how to fight, the two enter a sparring match. When General Antiope exposes the gaps in her student’s sparing skills, she tells Diana, “You are stronger than this, Diana!”

God has been good to me. He has loved me when others rejected me. He has comforted me when others looked the other way. And, He has chastised me when I have treated people unkindly or walked in rebellion. Yes, that is His goodness, too. Most likely, you have experienced the same.

We would like to think that Christians do not have affairs, but statistics don’t bear that out. Chances are, if you’re in church this Sunday, there is someone on the pews who is married and cheating on their spouse.