• Devotionals

    The Bulldog Principle

    It’s no secret. I suffer from anxiety. Most days I’m fine. It’s usually when a major life crisis hits that–boom–my emotions go crazy. I resemble the quote that says, “Anxiety girl! Able to jump to the worst conclusion in a single bound!” That’s totally me. The Bible says, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7, NIV). I think that’s a better way to live. That and pray continually (1 Thessalonians 5:17). So why is it whenever I’m faced with a challenge? I. FREAK. OUT? Right before the holidays, I met up with my…

  • Faith,  On Writing,  Relationships

    Endorsements for Not Another Dating Book

    In just 27 short days, my second book, “Not Another Dating Book” releases nationwide! Here are the endorsements for my book. I hope you’ll show your support by ordering a copy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Harvest House for you or someone you know. Thanks again for coming on this journey with me. I’m so excited! “We live in a time when our college students don’t give two cents worth of time or attention to the local church. It is more important today than ever before in history to grab the attention of this age group. Its time for the church to wake up and realize the importance of…

  • Devotionals,  Faith

    12 Tips for 2012

    12 Tips for 2012 1. First Things First. Seek God first and the rest will fall into place (Matthew 6:33). 2. Be A Follower. Disciple = follower. It’s not a spiritual term. You follow people on Twitter and Facebook, so why not be mindful to follow God? 3. Don’t Be Ashamed. Of small or new beginnings (Zechariah 4:10). Of your weaknesses. “God is weak and powerless in the world, and that is exactly the way, the only way, in which he can be with us and help us” (Dietrich Bonehoeffer). 4. If you’re bored, God’s bored. My best friend Monique told me this a long time ago and it stuck.…

  • Faith,  Relationships

    I'll Wait For You

    I grew up listening to the songs “Wait For Me” by Rebecca St. James. In my quest to find love I often reflected on her words. Darling did you know that I I dream about you Waiting for the look in your eyes When we meet for the first time Darling did you know that I I pray about you Praying that you will hold on And keep your loving eyes only for me Darling did you know I dream about life together Knowing it will be forever I’ll be yours and you’ll be mine And darling when I say Till death do us part I’ll mean it with all…

  • Devotionals

    New Year's Values

    Every year I choose a few words for my New Year’s values and make them my life’s anthem. Think of them like a really, really, really long house or trance song that plays into the night with the same beats, but a different mix throughout. For 2011 I chose THREE WORDS that defined my life. First word: FRUITFUL. This has been the most fruitful year of my life so far… I finished Not Another Dating Book & signed book #3 on forgiveness. I got married! Since I started the life-mapping-new-year’s-values-picking process over five years ago, I’ve worked extremely hard to stay focused. But it hasn’t come without a price. “He…

  • Devotionals,  Faith

    The Spirit of Forgiveness Part V

    Today’s blog post is the fifth and final post in a series on The Spirit of Forgiveness by Marc Fisher, my husband, for the week of Advent. “There I will meet with you and, from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are upon the ark of the Testimony, I will speak intimately with you of all which I will give you in commandment to the Israelites” (Exodus 25:22, AMP). And what comfort. One place I will be available to you in counsel, in whatever situation, here is where I will be and in no other place. I will meet with you in the place of conflict…

  • Devotionals

    The Spirit of Forgiveness Part IV

    Today’s blog post is the fourth of five in a series on The Spirit of Forgiveness by Marc Fisher, my husband, for the week of Advent. “And the cherubim shall spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, facing each other and looking down toward the mercy seat” (Exodus 25:20, AMP). God continues, facing each other, or as the King James says, their faces shall look one to another. What a magnificent thing! Being married this has become even a more enlightened truth for me now! It takes two on either side, the polarity of everything that is in nature, God, the church, and the callings…

  • Devotionals

    The Spirit of Forgiveness Part III

    Today’s blog post is the third of five in a series on The Spirit of Forgiveness by Marc Fisher, my husband, for the week of Advent. “And you shall make two cherubim (winged angelic figures) of [solid] hammered gold on the two ends of the mercy seat” (Exodus 25:18, AMP). But we must also realize that “And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work”, that it is all beaten out of gold! The willingness to bear tension is the willingness to suffer pain. Don’t miss that! God is the author of that tension. Pain is to defer immediate gratification for something distant and to wait on it…

  • Devotionals

    The Spirit of Forgiveness Part II

    Today’s blog post is the second of five in a series on The Spirit of Forgiveness by Marc Fisher, my husband, for the week of Advent. “And you shall make a mercy seat (a covering) of pure gold, two cubits and a half long and a cubit and a half wide” (Exodus 25:17, AMP). Can you live with incompleteness knowing it precedes something whole that is yet to come? It is here but not yet here. It is like the kingdom of God is here yet not yet here. We have it in part but will have it in full. Man tends to not like things in part. But the…