Who do you love best, me or Lil? I love you both the same and different. But if you had to choose, who’s your favorite? Well, if I have to choose you’re my favorite oldest, and Lil’s my favorite youngest. Word Count: 40 Today’s Reading: Acts 7-11 In the stillness, Sandy Linking […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 21 (Love Idol Giveaway)
Counting on approval? But if we’re approved by everyone and we’re never unapproved, is that approval empty? Should we worry? Because if everyone approves, maybe we’re not living in the light of the one whose approval is all that counts. Word Count: 40 NOTE: I have a copy of this book to give away. Just […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 20 (Love Idol)
I’m Sandra, AKA Sandy or Snady or even SHK. But by whatever name you call me, I’m not chained to your approval because I already have God’s. So do you if you’re in Him. Read about it in Love Idol. Word Count: 40 Today’s Reading: John 15-21 In the stillness, Sandy
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 11 (Still Saturday)
“God seems to favor the element of surprise, falling like dew on the skin, landing softly like a bird on a wire. And you look around to see if anyone else felt what you felt: an earthquake of the soul.” ~Jennifer Dukes Lee in Love Idol: Letting Go of Your Need for Approval–and Seeing Yourself Through God’s Eyes […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 9
Regret and I share cups of Tazo Focus, Well-Being. I’ve failed, I tell him. He nods and approves my disapproval. Yet if I can’t approve myself, do I void the payment? I’m not well. Maybe it’s all in my focus. Word Count: 40 Today’s Reading: Mark 12-16 In the stillness, Sandy
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 4 (Still Saturday)
“There’s a lot of glitter in the world. And there are a thousand ways to count shiny things: followers, Facebook friends, Twitter @mentions, and invitations. But there’s only One Way that ever really mattered. “Lord, help me follow that Way.” ~Jennifer Dukes Lee, Love Idol: Letting Go of Your Need for Approval–and Seeing Yourself Through […]
you’re not the god of me
My daughter was expelled from Mother’s Morning Out. When she was two. “I cannot believe that Sandy King’s daughter bites.” Talk about a slap in my perfect parent facade. I was an older mom (at 38) and supposedly wiser. But I was raising a biter. It all started at a Gymboree open house. Abby and […]