My Therapy

As a kid, my family attended a Catholic church. I believed all churches were the same until I was invited to a Christian church for the first time. For a long time after stepping into a Christian church and feeling God’s presence, I felt that it was not necessary for me to stop attending my Catholic church. I felt that God’s presence could be found anywhere.  But the longer that I tried to deny it, as I began attending conferences and midweek services at other churches, something was growing inside me. There was something gnawing at my heart, something was calling my attention. I could feel God calling me deeper. Still, I remained consistent in my belief that I could feel God’s presence at my church. As I continued to be faced with difficulties and challenges, I eventually learned of a bible study at a Christian church I had visited a couple of years before. These bible studies eventually led to our family making that church our home church. There, I began to feel the moveme

In life, our focus can often times be misguided. There is a lot in this world that can change our focus. Focus is important. Focus helps us to see things clearly. Where our focus lies, will help guide our decisions in life. The world wants us to focus on the exterior. The world guides our focus to be on things that are temporary and fading. God is an everlasting God. His focus is to create lasting change in His children, so that we can then step into the calling for which we were created. God is omnipresent, meaning that He is with you and with me, everywhere and all the time. Though He is with us, it is still up to us to talk to Him. When we are angry, sad, hurting, feeling like a failure, feeling discouraged, it is up to us how we deal with those feelings, thoughts and emotions. Who do we turn to? What do we do with those thoughts and feelings? God is always with us but many of us still look to the world or to ourselves to overcome our struggles. That usually leads to un

There is an old version of me--the B.C. wife and the B.C. mom. God has really brought me a long way.  The wife and mom I am today--transformed by God's amazing grace, wisdom and direction--has allowed me to help encourage other women along the way. For a long time I lived in mostly-voluntary isolation. I was alone a lot and sometimes it felt like too much. I felt as though I was being pinned down by a force much greater than me. Some days, I wanted to get up and fight but found myself filled with desire and lacking energy. On other days, I had no desire to fight and I was willing to stay down because my life felt too overwhelming for me to handle. I felt as though I was in deep water, paddling frantically, trying desperately to keep my head above water. Yet, I never drowned. I survived, every day trying to figure out my life's purpose. I had these four beautiful children, wondering why?  Why was I chosen to be their mom?  Why was I given this task and great responsibility?