“If I had only known I would have done something, I would have done more… I would have strangled that man for hurting my daughter.” This is a comment I’ve heard from many parents after sharing with me how their daughter or son was molested. But – unfortunately, they did not know at the time. […]
By now, most of the New Year’s resolutions we’ve made have faded away. Americans spent $60 billion annually on diets and only 5% are able to keep the weight off. Why? Because sincerity can only take us so far. For all of us who can identify with failing to follow through on our resolutions, we […]
Why Is Jesus asking why? – in His deepest, darkest moment?????? Rejected – Defective. Unwanted – Unloved. Discarded – Throw Away. Something wrong with me. Not good enough – Inadequate. Do any of these words describe your feelings or your experiences and the messages you have received in life? Have you ever been rejected by […]
40,000 children die every day from starvation. All over the world many others are infected with AIDS, beaten, molested, violated or verbally abused. Some children or adults end up with life threatening cancer/illness as well. Most marriages ceremonies occur without the slightest thought or desire to get divorced – yet this too still happens every […]
Every addiction on planet earth is an attempt to move from feeling bad to feeling good. And after a while, we are willing to settle for feeling numb – anything but feeling sad, lonely, angry, rejected, unworthy etc. Unfortunately, all of our efforts to avoid our pain end up reinforcing it, even as we are […]
Only 16% of abused boys and girls ever tell anyone about the sexual abuse they go through. This leaves 84% who do not tell. I can only begin to imagine the pain and shame these children go through…. and I’ve seen the guilt their parents carry as well once they find out. What I can […]
When a closed fist hits soft flesh – pain happens. It can leave bruises and welts on the surface of our skin – even breaking our bones. The bruises are what we see, produced by the broken blood vessels inside our skin. While we can’t see the damaged blood vessels, we can see the damage […]
Dan Allender summarizes the shock, pain and confusion of betrayal that sends us: “Reeling from the past to the future like a bouncing pinball – from terror to regret. Betrayal stalks and haunts. It turns the past into a long series of questions and doubts. Betrayal isolates. It takes us to the end of a […]
‘I thought I was the only one.” I hear this statement time and again after I have shared the specific ways Jesus fulfilled prophecy as our “Suffering Messiah.” Listen to the plea of a 56 year old divorcee sharing her pain of loneliness with a national study on loneliness: “It can be overwhelming at times, […]
Welcome to Straight 2 the Heart’s new blog as we move more and more into the 21st century! We’ll be posting weekly, inviting your response, along with encouraging you to share the blessings you’ve received on our Facebook page. We also have plans to add a news/updates tab in order to inform our friends of important […]