What if our characters are real? What if they are actually the souls of unborn children who died before birth, and God gives them to authors as inspiration for characters in our stories? What if we will meet all our characters someday in heaven? When I came up with that fun fictional concept last week, I […]
Posts Tagged ‘faith’
How God Used My Fictional Character to Teach Me True Things
Posted in Christian Living, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, My Life, Speculative Fiction, Writing, tagged adrenaline, Bible, character, faith, fiction, God, Scripture, writing on November 6, 2015 | 16 Comments »
When God Gives You Darkness
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Musings, Spiritual Warfare, tagged Bible, children, darkness, faith, glow stick, God, grief, ISIS, jesus, kids, light, martyr, persecution, Scripture, sin, stocks, suffering on August 27, 2015 | 7 Comments »
Oh, oh, here we go Welcome to the show Lights shining, so blinding From our head to our toes When this room blacks out You know we will stand out So come on, oh We’re gonna glow! – “Glow” by Britt Nicole Children love glow sticks. Actually, adults love glow sticks too. (At least I do…I […]
When God Says “As You Wish”
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Fandoms and Geekery, Motherhood, Movies and TV, Spiritual Warfare, Toddler Life, tagged Bible, C.S. Lewis, children, discipline, faith, God, kids, love, parenting, Princess Bride, punishment, Scripture, sin on July 2, 2015 | 3 Comments »
Last week I was chatting with a friend about parenting struggles. She has a child who had gotten addicted to TV, and she had to do the hard work of cutting back screen time. Not only was it upsetting to the child, but it was hard on Mom too! Now she has to entertain the […]
Original Poem / Song: Scared to Search My Heart
Posted in Christian Living, Musings, Original Poetry, tagged brave, comfort, courage, faith, fear, God, jesus, music, poem, poetry, slave, song on June 9, 2015 | 1 Comment »
I’m scared to search my heart, Afraid of what I will find; I’m scared of moving forward, So I’m falling behind; Don’t want to face my enemy, So I’ll remain a slave; I’m not sure I want to know What it means to be brave. I know You’ll give me courage, But I’m happy to […]