Welcome to part four of my walk with a sister through a spiritual battle. If you would like to catch up, click here for part three. If you look up the word spiritual warfare, you will read words like evil spirits, demons, possession, oppression, and strongholds. Why is it always so scary? Why do we focus on the black spirits and ghosts of our lives; when the reality is that in every battle there are always two sides. And the truth is that the other side wins! Yep, Jesus ha

Have you ever wondered about Heaven? I do, quite often in fact. I have visions of Jesus seated at the right hand of the Father: Jesus looking at His children lovingly. And yes, I have visions of singing among the angels as we give our God praise. Heaven must be glorious! I once had a student ask me my thoughts on the subject. She asked if we would sing for eternity. “But isn’t that boring, Ms. Eve?” she wondered. I chuckled, “No, never boring to me, I could sing for etern

I hold on to things, I admit it. I am a Type A ENFJ all the way. The good news is that I have a burning desire to help others find their potential and I am a natural people pleaser, but then I also struggle to say no and take on heavy task loads. I don’t know, maybe it comes with being an older sibling. God revealed to me during Confessions of a Helicopter Mom that holding on to my children had a great deal to do with fear. Fear grows and pressure builds leading to a need t

Once upon a time there was a treasure chest. It was a beautiful treasure chest, lovingly molded by the creator and placed in an inner room. It had graceful lines and a lock with a key uniquely made. In the beginning, the treasure chest was new with freshly oiled hinges. The owner of the chest would open it frequently understanding that everything they needed to live freely was inside. One day as the owner was excitedly preparing to open the treasure chest to enjoy its cont

“Feathered, winged, two-legged, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates” is the Wikipedian description of birds. Did you know that birds have a digestive and respiratory system uniquely adapted for flight? Absolutely fascinating creatures, our fair weathered friends have an amazing penchant for adaptation and survival in extreme circumstances. And every year, in the spring, you will see a new crop of chicks enter the world and find their way into the big blue. Humans have a fasc

In some estimates, around 150 people are diagnosed with cancer every hour in the United States. Death sentence? Not always. Frightening truth? Yes. But we are all dying . . . right? 1994, 2003, 2007 - Years which will forever be etched in my mind . . . In '94, I was the mother of a 3 and an almost 1 year old. How could this happen? Only 22 years old, I had my whole life ahead of me, I am diagnosed with a rare disease in my Pituitary. My husband overseas, my family 300