by Mary Beth Powers | Nov 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
It is six am, and I want to crawl back in bed. Today, I want to cancel my plans and hide under the covers. My early morning thoughts consume me. I can’t get anything accomplished. I must be a disappointment to God. I am not smart. I have no purpose. My thoughts began...
by Mary Beth Powers | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
When God showed me what HIS words looked like in action, I found rest for my soul. My heart sank when I received a text message stating “Wow I can’t believe he just put that comment on Facebook.” I had taken myself off social media to relieve my anxiety of comparison...
by Mary Beth Powers | Aug 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Jesus set the greatest example: Did you know that we are free to love? Without judging? Or fixing? When I discovered this for myself it was such a freedom and honestly it opened the door for me to love deeper. I get it….it’s easy to judge or try to fix...
by Mary Beth Powers | Jun 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Whatever has come to be has already been named …. Ecc 6:10a ESV Something about closing in on age fifty made me search my soul and ask myself, “How did I get here so fast?” For 27 years, I had been a mom. Even though I had sometimes...
by Mary Beth Powers | Jun 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
I kept telling myself over and over, “she’s just a dog.” I don’t know how many times I played it over and over in my head. I was hoping my heart would catch up to it so that it wouldn’t hurt so bad. For eight years, she was our shadow. She was there when my daughter...
