by Debbie Browne | Nov 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Test; a word a teenager knows well. 7 periods, 7 subjects, 5 days a week, for 9 months meant lots of study times to prepare for exams. Just one test could make or break your report card. Losing my grandmother, watching my mother grieve, and seeing the back of my...
by Debbie Browne | Nov 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Once you’ve said, “I do” to Jesus Christ, then you will never have another worry or care in the world, right? Wrong. One would assume the presence of God’s Son would shield us from any further struggles, but that was never a promise God made. What He did promise was...
by Debbie Browne | Nov 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
For the past 13 weeks we have examined what would be necessary for a spiritual transformation. To tenderize a heart takes action for often we build a fortress around our heart to protect us from pain.I learned this lesson as a 7 year old playing in my backyard. I knew...
by Debbie Browne | Nov 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Sin cost. How do I know? I’m a slow-learner. The cost is unsettling in my soul. The disruption leads me to either run to find another sin to numb the anxiousness or causes me to fall on my knees with regret, because there is no worse feeling than that of being...
by Debbie Browne | Oct 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
“Ops! Sorry,” apologizing to a little hunched-over woman behind me in a black coat and hat. Too much focus on my daily errands left me insensitive to others around me. I turned to the woman with long gray hair assuming she was hard of hearing because she continued to...
by Debbie Browne | Oct 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
The sight of blood still makes me weak—not to mention the needle that comes before it. I dread when the doctor says at the end of an exam, “Okay, I’d like to have some blood drawn so we can see how you’re doing.”As a child I remember squirming in my pew when we sang...
