...and a time to speak...

The recent #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have stirred up a lot of emotions in me as a woman. #MeToo has definitely shed some positive light on the prevalence of sexual harassment of women particularly in their places of work. #TimesUp is primarily a movement to provide financial support to women who, unlike their Hollywood counterparts, can not afford the multiple thousands of dollars in legal fees that it would take to properly prosecute their harassers. While everyone (including me) has their own opinions, positive and negative, of these two causes as a whole, both movements undeniably have beneficial components. One thing I find interesting is that these movements have spurred quite a lot of publications speaking out on how women should be properly treated. Fun fact… do you want to know another publication that’s been speaking on this same topic for roughly 2000 years? The bible. God laid the foundation for the equality of women in the very first chapter of the book! Genesis 1:27 sa

Since starting this blog about a month or so ago I often ask God to give me topics, ideas or words to write that would be pleasing to Him. Sometimes I get a pretty clear message and sometimes it feels like I could write about 10 different things all of which would be fine for the moment. Recently though I was engaged in a conversation with Him like I usually am, but wasn’t really feeling much clarity to be honest. I was toying with different ideas, but none of them seemed to really stick. Then this morning I was driving into work and something hit me like a ton of bricks. A certain song was coming on the radio and all of a sudden I remembered that the previous two times I had been in my car, the exact same song had also come on the radio. And it wasn’t like I turned on the car and the song was half way through or had just finished. The song was literally just beginning as soon as I turned out of my driveway. None of the places that I drive to take me longer than about 5-10 minutes so I

Every year at Christmas time I see the same picture come across Facebook (and the same argument ensue because of it) that basically says “Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness sake!” Another variation says “Go ahead and skip church. Just be good for goodness sake!” There is usually a photo of Santa in the middle of a big ‘ol jolly laugh that goes along with it. If I am being totally honest, nothing makes me want to scream and pull my hair out more than this asinine message and the absurdity of those who feel they can actually pull this off. Just be good, huh? Let’s role play for a sec about what that might look like. The person who just cussed out a stranger because they inconvenienced them in some small way says, “Well, maybe I got a little carried away, but at least I’m not a liar!” The person who is a habitual liar says, “Well, maybe I do stretch the truth sometimes, but at least I’m not a gossip!” The person who is a habitual gossiper says, “Well, maybe I talk about peopl