We Southerners have a real sense of place. For us, it's not just enough for the place to be home; it's got to be the "home place." Often, we live where one generation after another has walked the same paths and loved the same land. We know what it means to "belong" to a place and among a people. So what happens when we find ourselves somewhere we don't quite fit? What happens ...
31 Things
The One worth pleasing makes you perfect.
The need to please. We all feel it. The question is: Who is the One Worth Pleasing? The need to please. Some of us feel it more than others, but I think everyone has someone or something they're trying to please. Their friends. Their family. The mirror. Their mentors. The scale. Their school. Coaches. Teachers. Bosses. ...
Obedience is easier.
You fought hard today. All day. No matter what punishment I handed out, your response was "I don't want……." Really? You don't want your punishment? I'm shocked. No matter how badly you didn't want to be punished, you still disobeyed. If I could teach you anything today, it would be this: Obedience is easier. Do the thing the first time because you ...
Grace is sufficient.
I don't know if I was born a perfectionist or simply trained to be one, but either way, I grew up with high expectations....of myself. I also lived with the high expectations of others because perfectionism seems to run in my family. So, for me, grace has been a hard thing to "get." Oh, I accepted it. I have known the grace of God offered through Christ since I ...