God got on my case when I started sharing with Him what I needed.

(That’s not a totally accurate picture.)

I was THINKING about all I needed, but not really praying all the way about it. And yet God still responded. 

(Wow, that’s faithfulness!)

What are you running FROM that you should be running TO? 

(Maybe… it’s not what you think.)

Is it hurtful comments? Idiotic opinions? Harsh criticisms? Sassy slights?

Sometimes, it seems easier to just STUFF down all those hurts until we can’t see them anymore. 

(At least that shuts them up. Right?)

I thought I could just take a little shortcut… but it ended up being a HUGE mess!

I really wanted to make some cornbread for our dinner. Yummy! But, I also had a million other things to do. 

(No problem. I can multitask.)

I CAN’T!!!

A rock and a hard place. WHY do I find myself there so often?

HARD conversations? I’d rather dodge them. 

Hurting someone, no matter WHICH choice I make? 

Two good opportunities. Can’t I have both? WHY?

I had to watch it all BURN… literally!

I was SO uncomfortable. I kept wringing my hands and kinda dancing… like I had to go to the bathroom or something.

This was several years ago when I quit a great-paying job to volunteer full-time for my father-in-law’s church. 

(You know, who isn’t excited about quitting a great-paying job to work for no money?)