About the time I embraced the "sure-footed" portion of this verse I was reminded what God was making me sure-footed for... the heights. While that sounds glorious for some like some scene from the Sound of Music, the heights are a little more than that.

One vacation my hubby and I decided we were going to drive a stretch of the BRP. It was early and we had the road to ourselves. The smoke on the mountains settled and made it beautiful for picture taking. And then suddenly and I mean SUDDENLY, we hit a wall of fog.

"Vocation is where our greatest passion meets the world's greatest need." - Frederick Buechner.

There' a little amperage in my voice today. I want to talk about "holy discontent".

The day we started #adifferentmarch I found out that most of March 2017 is called "Adar" in the Hebrew calendar. It captured my attention so I did a little research. I found out Adar is the month of "strength and power-a month to increase in joy". I. KID. YOU. NOT.

Can you imagine gladly boasting about your weakness? What kind of job interview, eHarmony profile, or social media post would that look like? We learn from an early age to cover our flaws and compensate for our weaknesses, when scripture clearly tells us that our weakness activates God’s strength.

I always thought the Proverbs 31 woman was “mamby-pamby.” You know, a mild-mannered mouse who was pure, innocent, submissive, and girly. I always bristled against that idea when church people set that up as a model for women. (probably because I’m a little mouthy and a little bold-okay a lot mouthy) Recently I did some research and discovered...