by Shenay Shumake I’m afraid. I’m a private person and this is a public confession about my deepest fear. Sometimes my ambition really scares me. I can see what’s ahead and it’s both exhilarating and frightening. So here it is.…
I’ve been captured by You. Thank God You caught me when You did. I was on my way down for the last time, but You swooped in and saved me from destruction. The enemy had me imprisoned, chained to the…
I have just re-read an early piece I had written about loneliness. Through writing it all out, I had come to realize that loneliness and solitude are not the same. Solitude may be a blessing, while loneliness is almost always…
A dear friend of mine has a saying, one that grabs me deep and shakes me up a bit. It is just a simple little saying, but for my simple mind and heart, its truth and the honest sincerity with…
“Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley. During the night the Lord said to Gideon, ‘Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands. If you are afraid…