#hotmesstomessage
What is the main thing that holds us back in our lives? I believe it to be FEAR. Fear of failure. Fear of rejection. Fear of the unknown. Fear of not having enough. There are many more but that’s what comes to mind right off. […]
The mind is undoubtedly an amazing thing. It’s extremely complex. Often disobedient, all over the place, and feels uncontrollable at times. I recently saw a meme that said – My mind is like an internet browser. 17 tabs are open. 4 of them are frozen […]
My new book – From Hot Mess to God’s Best: Decluttering Your Mess to Be Your Best – will be published in just over four weeks. I’m excited but also nervous. You pour a lot of your blood, sweat and tears into a book and […]
Probably no surprise but I’m a bit of a messy Christian. I won’t share the whole list, but I do many of the things I write about – compare, people-please, feel guilty, and worry to name a few. Here are a few more confessions of […]
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2 Many of you may remember the Tom Petty song, The Waiting is the Hardest Part. He may have been right. I find waiting to be one of the more challenging […]
As I shared in my previous post, I recently lost my mother unexpectedly. Today is the first of many firsts over the coming year. My first Easter without her. Unfortunately, the terrible pain of losing a loved one is something almost everyone experiences. No matter […]
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own, you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Have […]
My family isn’t normal. Probably no surprise since I write about being a “hot mess”. Some of that probably rubs off, right? Or maybe they contributed to my hot mess status. The latest news is that my daughter got a Morticia tattoo. She is in […]
We will not go back to normal. Normal never was. Our pre-corona existence was not normal other than we normalized greed, inequity, exhaustion, deletion, extraction, disconnection, confusion, rage, hoarding, hate and lack. We should not long to return, my friends. We are being given the […]
Emotional abuse is any nonphysical behavior or attitude that controls, intimidates, subjugates, demeans, punishes or isolates another person by using degradation, humiliation or fear. (Beverly Engel, The Emotionally Abusive Relationship) Imagine hearing the following on a regular basis. You are stupid You are crazy You are an […]
