by skimhenson | Mar 10, 2016 | depression, fear, honesty, relationships, self-care
“I feel safer keeping a space, a gentle breeze between me and people, a buffer I like to think of as God.” S. Kim Henson When John accused me of isolating, he mixed up his words and instead said, “It concerns me how much you’re insulating yourself from others.” “I...
by skimhenson | Mar 3, 2016 | prayer and study
“When the stakes are high bow down low.” Beth Moore It’s been two years since John and I bent down at the end of our bed and said our first prayer together. I mean, we prayed at church and sometimes before meals, but this was our first joint appeal to God. We couldn’t...
by skimhenson | Feb 25, 2016 | getting your own life, marriage, relationships
“Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.” Antoine De Saint-Exupery For a man to complete me, he’d have to weigh a ton, which reminds me of Sawyer Brown’s song, 800 Pound Jesus. Prince...
by skimhenson | Feb 18, 2016 | relationships, self-care
“Take care of yourself as much as you want to be taken care of.” S. Kim Henson “You have taken ‘taking care of yourself’ too far,” he said. If you’re like me, this kind of accusation can wreck a week. It can happen even when we have a plan – one so important we...
by skimhenson | Feb 11, 2016 | choices and decisions, depression, happiness and joy, relationships
“Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity.” Katrina Mayer, author of The Mustard Seed Way I’ve attended church most of my life, so there’s no telling how many times I’ve heard and repeated the acronym for JOY. J Jesus O Others Y Yourself After lying in bed...