A'nesis Insight & Wisdom
“Then He led His people out like a shepherd and guided them through the desert.”
~Psalm 78:52
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How Emotions are Linked to Your Body
According to information taken from Deadly Emotions by Dr. Don Colbert (Published by Thomas Nelson, Nashville, TN, 2003 p. 9-10), here are three different studies on how emotions are linked to your body that prove how important it is to let God heal the hurtful...
The Right Person | 3 Reasons God Gave You Your Spouse
Couples have a hard time believing that it is “good thing” when their spouse disappoints them. Living with an imperfect person is hard to do when you were expecting them to be a little less flawed. In these dark times of the reality of a spouse’s brokenness, we...
Stay Low
Keeping in the right “place” spiritually is not easy. I find that most people (myself included) are like giant ping pong balls. Some days we can do no wrong as we bounce back and forth on the table. Other days we couldn’t hit the mark if our life depended on it. It is...
The One I Kiss…
I’m seeing a common thread for the deepest pain now that I’m going into twelve years of counseling people who are living in all their worst places of their stories, There is one dark night of the soul that seems to bring the most devastation to a person’s heart....
Shake, Rattle, and Roll
Ever feel like your mind is participating in some sort of 50’s dance floor jive? For all of us, the battle truly is in the mind. When life throws us curve balls and challenges that are beyond our capacity to control we can have a hard time reigning in our thoughts....
God is Before All Things That Touch Me
The most powerful Truth I encountered in 2014 was the concept of "God is before all things that touch me" taken from the verse in Colossians 1:17 that says, "He is before all things and in Him, all things hold together (NIV)." Reflecting on all the "Life-stories" I've...
A High Functioning Wreck
She sat in her pajamas on the couch in her room, hands over eyes -- exasperated. "I realize I am a high-functioning wreck!" The identification of where she was in life was so painfully true, there was nothing else for the two of us to do than to burst into laughter....
Fall Down — Go Boom!
Falling down has so many definitions. Leaders fall down. Whether they are world leaders or Christian leaders, from Bill Clinton to Jimmy Swaggert, we've seen examples of falling down. Falling down can be the daily struggle for toddlers trying to master the art of...
Being Known ~ the Desire of the Heart of Christian Women
The ache for "being known" is a common cry of the heart of the women I work with. Their dads didn't know them, their mothers didn't know them, their husband doesn't know them, etc, etc. Along these lines, I am surprised (but why should I be) in marriage counseling...
Are Christian Women in Crisis?
"I'm leaving my husband and the church because I don't want to be in ministry anymore. It's too hard and my heart isn't in it. I want to be a normal person. I'm tired of living in a fishbowl. I'm ready to find peace." -- exact words of a real client (pastor's wife)...
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