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Yes, You Belong To Him - Blessed Is She

Yes, You Belong To Him

“Let your 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and your 'No' mean 'No.’ Anything more is from the Evil One.” // Matthew 5:37 Growing up, being deeply insecure, I had a hard time...
June 14, 2024
The Redemption of Marriage - Blessed Is She

The Redemption of Marriage

Your presence, O LORD, I seek. // Psalm 27:8 “Amen,” I whispered as I opened my mouth to receive Holy Communion. My husband knelt at my side and received the...
June 13, 2024
Leave it at the Altar - Blessed Is She

Leave it at the Altar

“Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and...
June 12, 2024
Heard, Seen, and Loved - Blessed Is She

Heard, Seen, and Loved

But there was not a sound; No one answered, and no one was listening. // 1 Kings 18:29 My four-year-old has been getting frustrated lately as he yearns for more...
June 11, 2024
The Flavor of Christ - Blessed Is She

The Flavor of Christ

“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown...
June 10, 2024
Our Heavenly Reward - Blessed Is She

Our Heavenly Reward

Rejoice and be glad; for your reward will be great in heaven. // Matthew 5:12  I had been so discouraged that semester by how little fruit had come from the...
June 09, 2024
Who Told You That? - Blessed Is She

Who Told You That?

Then [God] asked, "Who told you that you were naked? // Genesis 3:11 My family still talks about my standing ovation in Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. I was in ninth...
June 08, 2024
Her Attentive Heart is Fixed On You - Blessed Is She

Her Attentive Heart is Fixed On You

He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. // Luke 2:51 I was suddenly overwhelmed...
June 07, 2024
Make My Heart Like Unto Thine - Blessed Is She

Make My Heart Like Unto Thine

Know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. // Ephesians 3:19 On this Solemnity of the Most Sacred...
June 06, 2024
Stop Overcomplicating Love - Blessed Is She

Stop Overcomplicating Love

And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." // Mark 12:34 My mom had a rule...
June 05, 2024
Not Ashamed - Blessed Is She

Not Ashamed

I am not ashamed, for I know him in whom I have believed // 2 Timothy 1:12 The crowd cheered behind me as I made my way toward the back...
June 04, 2024
Identify As His - Blessed Is She

Identify As His

In every age, Oh Lord, you have been our refuge. // Psalm 90:1 Today is my husband’s sixtieth birthday, so it only seems fitting to celebrate him, the gift he...
June 03, 2024