by Brenda Harkins | May 26, 2020 | Blog, Encouragement
Many are feeling lost right now. Floundering. Confused. Frustrated. Scared. And I want to say to you that you are NOT what your emotions say you are. You are NOT who others say you are. You are NOT who others say you aren’t. You are NOT even who you say you are. You are NOT what you have done. You are NOT what others have done to you. So who are you, then?
by Brenda Harkins | Sep 11, 2019 | Blog, Encouragement
What happens when everything that seems normal and stable changes? Life changed that day. Then, life was different. We looked at each other differently. We were Americans. “For” each other. “With” each other. In unity. Then, we weren’t.
by Brenda Harkins | Nov 5, 2018 | Blog, Encouragement
The most wonderful and painful thing in the entire world is to truly love people with your whole heart. I hope you know what it feels like to love a child, a lover, a spouse, a friend, a parent or grandparent or somebody so much that you delight in expressing the love you feel. Not for any reason other than to bless them.
by Brenda Harkins | Oct 15, 2018 | Encouragement
Some may call it a daydream. Others a vision. I don’t know what really happened to me in the shower this morning…but it happened. And the weight of it still hangs in the air.
With eyes shut, head back, hot water running over my head and down my body, all awareness of standing in my bathroom shower left and it was as if I was in a corner of a dark room watching an interview take place between an elderly woman and a young male journalist.
by Brenda Harkins | Jun 4, 2018 | Blog, Encouragement
Ricky Van Shelton released a country song back in 1991 called “Keep It Between the Lines.” It was released less than a year before my daddy passed away, but I don’t remember listening to it much before he died. After he was gone, it became my anthem. Out on those...
by Brenda Harkins | May 30, 2018 | Blog, Encouragement
As a little girl, I remember my daddy teaching me to drive. I was only 8 years old, and I was terrified. But lessons he taught me on those small dirt roads in the Texas Panhandle still remain with me today. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize just how much of an influence...
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