Posts from September 2020
Divine Encounters
Does your idea of Missions involve exotic and foreign places where most of us will never go? If that is how we define Missions, many of us will never feel responsible. Missions is designed for each person to participate and is more about purpose regardless of the location. So what exactly is Missions? First, Missions is God-ordained and involves being sent for an intended purpose. Think back to Genesis 12 when Abraham was sent as a part of God’s plan…
When Self-care Is A Struggle
As we battle the current global pandemic, physical self-care seems to have become a “buzz word” among individuals and with health care workers. While people often associate physical self-care with having a massage on a regular basis or treating themselves to a movie regularly or buying new outfits on a regular basis, there is much more to itthan this. In my private practice, I often walk clients through what I call the four pillars of physical self-care. These are: Eating nutritious foods consistently It…
Parent Up! A Friend Indeed
Friends. Joy or drama? Tears or laughter? I know I’ve said it before, but I think it’s worth repeating; Our kids learn how to be friends based on what they hear and see from their peers and adults around them. What does being a friend mean? Have you given your child language to differentiate between the various spectrums of what it means to be friends (from having a friend to confide in, befriending the new kid on the block, or…
Tears Answered In Jesus
My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?” – Psalm 42:3 ESV What do your tears say to you? What questions do they ask? What do you do with them? Do you swallow them down or pour them out? We have cried many tears since the death of our 20 year old son. The first question our tears asked was, “Does God understand how much this…
The Book of the Bible You Didn’t Want to Read
Each time Lamentations rolls around in my Bible reading plan I roll my eyes and grit my teeth. Yes, I read it, but I never look forward to it and always dread it. It’s a book of laments and desperate cries that seem heavy and discouraging. Who wants their day to start off with that?!?! Not me. But this time was different. Perhaps the collective grief and discouragement the whole world is feeling set the stage this week as Lamentations…
Stress and Your Relationship with God
“In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.” Psalm 118:5 In our previous post, we talked about Nature and Nurture and explored how our genes (nature) have an impact on our mental health. This time, we are going to go deeper to talk about the influence of our environment. When I say “environment,” I am not necessarily talking about trees and rivers. Mental health professionals often use the term ‘environment’ to refer to…