by Holly | Feb 26, 2024 | 2016, Life During
Obedience “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? ”Luke 6:46 “This is love for God: to keep his commands.” I John 5:3 The next day, I slipped into my chair at work and prepared for another day of grading papers. Jae, my co-worker, slipped into the...
by Holly | Feb 11, 2024 | 2016, Life During
A battle was on the horizon, one I hoped to avoid. I was reaching out to every family member, friend and organization I remembered, trying to find a place for Tim to live outside of foster care. It was May 2016 and 13 year-old Tim had been in foster care for a...
by Holly | Feb 4, 2024 | 2016, Life During
An avid reader, I usually carried a library book with me wherever I went. Now, however, it was my Bible I couldn’t put down. I stopped checking out library books altogether, instead fascinated by God’s Word. My friend Khoua, who had the previous year loaned me the...
by Holly | Dec 30, 2023 | 2012, 2013, Life During
My caseworker had informed me that the Sex Offender (SO) Treatment program would remove barriers and open doors to privileges, but I nevertheless enrolled in December 2012 with an attitude problem. I was once again moved to Monahan and installed back in Lower B....
by Holly | Jun 1, 2023 | 2010, Life During
Part One March 2011 – September 2015 “There is none righteous [none that meets God’s standard], not even one.” ~Romans 3:11 (AMP) “The way of the wicked is like [deep] darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.” ~Proverbs 4:19 (AMP) On my second day...
