A Girl in the Middle | Titus 2 mentor encouraging women to love God and to love, well, their home and family.

I lost an important legal document, and it was something I needed in short order. The search began on Friday and ended two days later. I called my best friend to pray. And began tearing apart my house. Join me live! This is what I learned in my search.

I'm talking about a heart turned toward the Lord; the glorious splendor of His majesty. Join me as I'm on my way.

Jesus!Name above all names
HIGHER LEARNING

We live in part of the world that totes great acclimates of higher learning. Contrary to popular belief, this is a secular, not biblical, worldview. (Sidenote: education does not equate to learning.) Having a degree, or multiple degrees, doesn’t give us an advantage when living for, or dying without, God.

WEALTH AND REPUTATION

Working hard or falling into a rich heritage or legacy also does us no good moving us up toward God. There is no pecking order of socioeconomic sorts paving our way to heaven. Having great resources, an impeccable reputation of clout, or great wealth doesn’t change our status in God’s eyes.

PHYSICAL STRENGTH

Though you may build your life building up your body like the ninja warriors and the world’s strongest men contestants do, the strongest of us flail in weakness and fail in comparison to the purity of Jesus. Every time.

Zechariah 4:6

Strength of body or mind, might of wealth, education, or even a stellar reputation (as rare as it is) and any other power on earth simply doesn’t change a thing. Each of us need the Holy Spirit; there is no special pathway otherwise from earth to heaven.

Yahweh RophekaThe God Who Heals
PRAYERS FOR HEALING

Have you (and there’s a good chance you have, or you eventually will) ever prayed for someone to be healed from a sickness? If you’re anything like me, you watch heavy-heartedly as your normally perpetual motion toddler lays quietly while a fever works to rid their little body of a simple cold virus.

Other times the illness is serious and our hearts aren’t just heavy, they’re broken. We’re broken. And we cry out to the Lord for His healing touch.

WHERE WE BREAK

The past couple of months two friends in their prime of life (that’s our 50’s, to be clear), were met with unwelcome and complete change-forever more. Here they were living life, comfortable and happy in the third decade of marriage, looking forward to watching their young adult children getting married and giving them grandchildren to enjoy, and peeking around the corner at retirement with its own hopes and dreams.

It’s times like these where we break.

Suddenly, each of those pleasures, and even just ordinary expectations, of life were gone. All things married ceased in just a breath. Instead of planning for retirement, weddings and grand babies, they were planning funerals.

Sad, lonely, angry, confused, and wishing they could change their harsh reality, they can’t stop the turning tides as nights end and days begin the same way, without their husbands next to them.

There's a grave mistake in listening to and buying into love as defined by the world. Maybe you have, or are, and don't even know it.