May My Heart See...

Have you ever trembled in fear?   Maybe lots of things make you tremble.   I’m not a “trembler” by nature.   I’m a screamer and a crier, but trembling?   Not so much.   The first time I remember trembling was my wedding day.   Right before the wedding was to start, I just could not stop shaking.   My mom took me on her lap and comforted me – hoop skirt and all (me, not her J ).     The music started and I calmly walked down the aisle. The next time I remember trembling was years later – it was when my mom called me and said my step-dad had died and she needed me, NOW.   I got in our van and tried to drive to her as fast as I could, except I couldn’t hold the steering wheel because I couldn’t stop trembling.   In fact, I was shaking so much, the van was actually shaking!   NO LIE! I got on the highway and thought to myself, “How am I going to drive?   I can’t even hold the steering wheel?”    I was in a ...

I’m an “easy way out” kind of person, are you?  As you know, I don’t like conflict so I don’t ever “go there” if I don’t have to.  I would rather not deal with it – it will go away, just ignore it for a while.  L Unfortunately, if you are a believer in Jesus Christ, a follower of His ways and His Truth, (which I consider myself), you can’t do that.  You can’t take the easy way out all the time.  Being a believer makes me go places I don’t want to go and deal with things I don’t want to deal with.   It helps me tell the truth when it’s easier to lie.  It shows me that the only way is the right way and the right way isn’t always the easiest way. Besides liking to take the easy way, I want everyone to be happy.  How in the heck can I do that!???!!  I mean, pleasing everyone is a full-time, grueling, pretty-much-impossible job!  Plus it’s not always God-honoring.  And it surely isn’t easy! To help me with this dile...