Sovereign

Sovereign

God is sovereign.  Us Christians like this expression even though most of us cannot define what it means. When good things happen we proclaim, “God is sovereign.” But, what does that mean exactly? Dictionary.com holds the meaning of sovereign as follows: noun a supreme ruler, 

Summer of Chaos

Summer of Chaos

If you’ve known me or hung around The Messy Mingling long enough, you know that I like order. I like my house clean, pillows coiffed, and fingerprints cleaned from the fridge doors. You’ve made my day if there are vacuum lines in the carpet upstairs. 

Failure

Failure

Failure: lack of success the omission of expected or require action Failure scares us. We live in a culture that idolizes success. We chase after success with all we’ve got. We are celebrated when success comes our way. Failure? Not so much. Failure carries a 

Recovering Perfectionist

Recovering Perfectionist

<FLASHBACK FRIDAY> I am a recovering perfectionist. Weeellll, I can’t honestly say I’m recovered, but I am working on getting there. I did have to do about a bazillion things and get them all perfectly in order before I could sit down and write today. 

Lightning

Lightning

They say lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice. I say, it may not, but it sure can strike an inch to the right of the original location. Do you ever think you got through a trial never to see that circumstance again? Surely God 

Pass the Baton

Pass the Baton

Have you ever created something? A dream? A business? A group? A class? Some children? You put your heart and soul into your creation. Blood, sweat, and tears poured into one thing. Then, all of a sudden, you feel it. You feel that pit in 

The Circle

The Circle

I have a circle. You do, too. Inside of our circles are all the rules; a certain way to live. We like things a certain way. We also like to force  others to live inside our circles. We desire them to abide to our rules, 

Switch

Switch

Do you remember that State Farm commercial where they asked us what life would be like if nothing went wrong? They showed cars driving every which way through the intersection and kids riding their bikes through traffic. The point was that this is not reality 

Control

Control

I went to the gym like I do most weekday mornings. I came home with an agenda to attack my new website with a vengeance. I got home, talked to the husband about helping me (he is my built-in tech support), and had a game 

A New Adventure: My Story

A New Adventure: My Story

I never set out to be a writer. When I was younger, like many girls, I thought I would be discovered and become a famous actress. As I entered college, I headed down the track to become a psychologist. I quickly determined the cost and