In honor of breast cancer awareness month, I have produced my first podcast where we’ll be hearing a story of cancer, community, and the God who comforts. The book is called “Warrior in Pink,” and my guest is author Vivian Mabuni. Vivian Mabuni Vivian and her husband Darrin have been on staff with CRU (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ) for twenty five …
Make Weakness Work for You
Excitement filled me as I organized my office to begin a new writing project for NaNoWriMo. Thank you, Lord! I had waited a long time to begin this project. As I hobbled between the desk and the bookcase, the medical boot I wore thumped with each half-step. Thump . . . thump . . . I made my way around to the file cabinet, …
Escaping The Tyranny of "Tired"
Sometimes in the race of life we get tired. Just. Plain. Tired. Have you ever felt like that? Have you felt too tired to tackle the day’s hassles; too apathetic to plot a future path; too discouraged to try to set goals, let alone shoot for them? Well, I have to admit that lately I’ve been feeling pretty tired. Run down …
Why Your Faith May Not Be Working
Have you ever experienced a time where you felt weak and ineffective? A time where you felt as though you were getting nowhere, going nowhere, and the little you had managed to accomplish dangled by a thread? To be honest, for me some days it’s a knock-down-drag-out battle to engage in anything beyond the front door, beyond my bed. I …
Wisdom Among Weakness
Feeling weak today? Discover how not to waste your weakness. http://bethanymacklinministries.com/blog/?p=1648
P.A.I.N.
Pain. “Pitiless. Autocrat. Inconvenient. Nemesis…” These were my thoughts one morning as I sat hunched, my body held hostage by the pain of an ongoing illness. Having been led (sometimes dragged) light years beyond the debilitating point of view, “Why this? Why me?” I slid my Bible down onto my knees and opened it. Expecting relief on some level at …