My Beloved

Daughter of the King

I Cried For You Today

Thankful for My Husband
Today we celebrated 26 years of marriage. As I looked at my husband I still wonder why he chose me. I did not make it easy for him, and there was nothing particularly lovely about me during those years. I was lost, broken, and believed I was unloveable. Yet this man saw through the brokeness, the pain, and the walls and saw the woman he knew I would be. He has been patient, loving, forgiving and encouraging as I have walk

Thankful for a Change of Focus
Today my heart has been very sad and I haven’t felt like being thankful.I've spent most the day on the verge of tears.But then it’s been all about me. What was there to be thankful for anyway? This life can be hard.There are, too many sorrows, too many goodbyes too much pain.It was a day of grieving. Grieving the loss of what was, what could have been, and what should have been.It was a day of losing against the lies that were shouting in my mind.

Thankful that I am Free!
I am thankful that when God exposes sin in my heart,a sinful attitude, or sinful way of thinking that He does so, not to condemn me, but to free me. God never brings us face to face with the ugliness of our hearts in order to make us feel bad, to feel shame or to be guilt ridden.Yes, Adam's one sin brought condemnation upon everyone, but Christ's one act of righteousness makes all people right in God's sight and gives them life. Ro 5:18No my dear sisters, it's not for condemnation that God reveals what's in the heart, but it's

Thankful for His Everlasting Love
There is an image that haunts me to this day. It’s an image of a little girl almost six years old being left in the back seat with her younger siblings. It was late and very dark. She didn’t know where her momma was. She was gone for hours it seemed. She felt abandoned. She felt so alone.For this little girl, and many like her, it would not be the last time she would feel the sting of abandonment. She would grow up without the feeling of being loved, protected or secure.I wish I could tell you that for these children they eventually grow out of it, learn to trust, to feel safe and loved. Often though it’s just not the case. They will struggle most of their live

Being Thankful Today
I am thankful today for the gift of forgiveness. I do not deserve it. Yet my Lord has offered it every time I have come to Him with my head bowed, and my heart heavy. He does not give me long lectures about how I should know better, or reminds me how many times I've come to Him for this particular sin. He just forgives.I am thankful that God has place in my life brothers in sisters in the Lord who love me and speak both grace and truth.I am thankful for all the godly men and women God has used in my life. Those who have mentored and discipled, both in purposeful ways and by their lifestyle.I am thankful for my enemies. It's