Author: Shannon

You are not a disappointment

You are not a disappointment

You are not a disappointment. You do not disappoint God. God cannot be disappointed. And He especially would not be disappointed in you. Look it up in the dictionary: Disappointment is a feeling of dissatisfaction. Or the response to failure. Or the feeling after expectations have not been met. I want you to see this…

Wash away my shame

Wash away my shame

Precious reader, are you carrying shame? Our Savior died to make you free from that burden. I have found the more willing I am to be identified with Jesus in His life and death, the easier it is for Him to teach me. There is a desire for humility in many Christians, but we resist…

In the valley

In the valley

You are not alone, my friend. You are not abandoned or forgotten. And although you may feel the grief will swallow you whole, I know you have a Friend who sticks closer than a brother. I pray you find comfort and peace in the midst of the roiling sadness. I pray you walk through this…

The answer is a Person

The answer is a Person

I have had several aha! moments over the past few weeks. There has also been a definite change in the winds that pass over my spirit. There have been times of intense meditation, and also lazy drifting in my mind. I have slacked in some areas that are normally very rigid, and experienced an increased…

Any more

Any more

I tell my children, “There’s nothing you can do to make me love you any more or any less than I do right now.” I tell them what my Father has told me. Once He has brought us into His family, we are His. He is not looking for us to mess up so He…

I walk with you

I walk with you

My son. My heart aches for you. This life is hard, and there are so many voices competing for your attention. I will guide you, teach you, love you and walk with you. We will take the lonely road, leaving the crush of bodies enjoying their broad road. We will turn off to a narrow…

When condemnation stalks

When condemnation stalks

The haunting specter of condemnation hounded my thoughts this week. Insidious and persistent in its attacks, it focused its force on memories of the past. I experienced seeing the faces of friends long gone, because I walked out and walked away, without so much as a backward glance. I heard snippets of hard and terrible…