#ABetterYouIsABetterMe

M ichelle Obama; Gabrielle Union; Mariah Carey; Brook Shields; Tyra Banks; Angela Bassett, and Chrissy Tiegen are just a few of the famous names that we can put a face with of women that have been transparent about their struggles with infertility—-or an inability to carry a pregnancy to term, if they could conceive at all.    I want to share another side—-perhaps perspective to this reality.               N ot every face   and name are known—-not every woman is famous, wealthy, or willing to share this tender reality. And for some women it may even  be a root of bitterness or resentment-—for others it can stir up an obsessive-like behavior and pathology over other women’s pregnancies or children. I share this because I was the object of both extremes. I had one woman who could no longer conceive randomly sharing pictures of my youngest, (infant) daughter with strangers and referencing her ambiguously as if to omit that she wasn’t h...

Growth in the presence of absence sounds to be quite the oxymoron... feels like it too.  But it’s the work that has to be done when the Love of God becomes the desire of one’s heart. When we arrive at the place when His desires have become our own— there’s no turning back. We can’t run or hide no matter how much we may want to sometimes.   King David asked, “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?” (Psalm 139:7) It is at this point in one’s  relationship with Christ when we realize that we have gone beyond the shallow waters of carnality and surface Christianity into the deep waters with God. It’s at this point where we realize we have gone from milk to meat [Hebrews 5:12], that laying aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and running with endurance the race that is set before us has become our reality. [Hebrews 12:1]. However, another reality that many of “us” Christians are ambiguous about sharing is that some...