I want to scream loud…I don’t.
I want to shake some people awake…I won’t.
I want to run until someone notices my exhaustion.
I want to scream loud…I don’t.
The kids come home and throw their book bags in the floor. Shoes are kicked off across the room. As they come across the house it sounds like a herd of elephants let loose.
They walk into my silence and begin to spill their voices about their day. They are loud. Two minutes of them being home, and it’s time to referee. I tell them to lower their voices, and I get loud, when they don’t. So they look at each other, and me, loudly.
I know that one day they will use their voices for something God ordained. I pray they will know what to say. I pray they will scream of injustice. I pray they will shake people awake. I pray they will run with their goals until someone notices. I pray they scream loud that they love God, and that their regret will not be…they don’t.
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Really y’all I’m just another Samaritan woman seeking living water and pouring out where I see need for encouragement. I am 48, mother to four girls ages 16-26, Gigi to the most handsome 2-year-old little boy, Fibromyalgia warrior, minister, writer, and a lifetime learner.
I am writing my first book, slowly but surely, six chapters in, as our blessed first love has called me to share His glory in my story. I feel lost in that familiar desert place, and thankful for the manna that is there miraculously every day. I am overcoming hour by hour the condemning voices of the enemy and learning to love myself. It has been an arduous journey. This wordsmith journey, but so worth it.
I became a licensed minister in 2010. However, I do not currently work in the ministry. I share Christ's love through devotional blogging. I have a degree in Church Ministry, was pursuing my degree in Christian Care and Counseling at Oral Roberts University, but now am pursuing Life Coaching, and Neurolinguistic Programming Master Practioner Certifications and a business license.
I am a certified women’s biblical counselor through the Extraordinary Women's program at Light University. I am working on their Addiction and Recovery program now too. Yes, I am a glutton for punishment with a wealth of life experiences with which I can minister comfort to others.
I'm a lover of a good book, writing, singing, and music, and my nemesis is the perpetual laundry pile.
Blessings to you and yours,
<3Melinda
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Another Samaritan Woman 
“I pray they scream loud that they love God”- I love this! Perhaps your “loud” is meant to help build that courage in your kids?