Lovethemanyways

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”

Matthew 5:43-44 NIV

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The Ripple Effect of Sin

A guy stone skipping on a lake outside on a sunny day.

The Ripple Effect of Sin      Have you ever been stone skipping and noticed the ripples behind it? This image comes to mind when I ponder how one person’s sin can impact others. We often believe that our choices affect only us, but they almost always create a ripple effect behind us. One person’s […]

Where is My Redemption?

Girl raising her hands towards the sky in freedom of sins.

Where is My Redemption?          Have you ever felt your heart shatter into tiny million pieces?  Have you ever felt so discouraged, angry, and even abandoned by God? I have and am currently holding onto the tiniest thread of hope. The last two and a half years have been full of tears, pain, […]

God is Faithful!

A Gold Cross Sparkly Anchor

God is Faithful!       God radically changed my life, and I am no longer the worldly woman I once was, but I am not exactly in my “promised land.” God has brought me “out of the mud and the mire, and He quite literally set my feet on solid ground” (Psalm 40: 2. […]

Love Them Anyways

Rope in a shape of a heart outside.

Love Them Anyways       How did Love Them Anyways get started? After a challenging parenting day, I visited my friend Evea, the school counselor at my work. I desperately needed a change of thinking, as I felt like I was drowning in the burdens of being a divorced single mother. I begin to […]