Psalm 3:3 (TPT) You take me and surround me with yourself. Your glory covers me continually. You lift high my head. Psalm 103:3 (TPT) You kissed my heart with forgiveness, in spite…
My Spiritual Life
No child should ever be raised in an abusive environment. The mental stress is too damaging. That was so true for me. Watching my mom get beaten by my dad and step-dad…
Here I am all alone wondering whoās going to lend a hand Iāve had this thought many times ending it, is where I stand No more hurt, no more pain, life will…
What do you think of when you hear sisterhood? Noisy marches with silly hats? Old-fashioned women with nothing more to do than sip tea in the afternoon? Maybe you think of the…
One of my prized possessions from junior high is a stapled and taped together plastic sheath full of stubby colored pencils. We could barely afford those colored pencils, but Mom got them…
My Momma donāt like you ā¦and she likes everyone And I never like to admit that I was wrong But Iāve been so caught up with my job Didnāt see whatās going…
You will never make it past the 8th grade! We think she is bipolar. Wow, Kyiva, I didnāt think you were gonna make it! All these things were said about me or…
I was not allowed to be disappointed when I was a kid. In my family we always had to ālook on the bright sideā and be positive. Maybe it was because my…
Good Friday is the day each year when Christians remember the death of Jesus on the cross. Until I was 18 years old, I did not understand the grief that His death…
Reach UP magazine’s cover art for this issue, Count It All Joy, is a mixed media painting created by Sally Barlow. Sally is visual artist (https://www.sallybarlowart.com), wife to her college sweetheart and…
