Molly's Zone

     For the past several weeks, I have been writing on the subject of seeds; springtime is upon us and it's always exciting to plant them and await the appearance of those tiny first buds.  Another slightly less popular aspect of the season is the long avoided task of cleaning out the accumulated junk that somehow finds its way into every closet, drawer, and cabinet.  The past few days have been spent cleaning and organizing. It's amazing what I have found by searching through the mess.  I can't help but think about how we all hold onto so much junk in our lives. It's so much easier to just push it back into someplace where we can't see it. Out of sight, out of mind...right?  If we were all honest, no one wants to deal with junk because it all seems too overwhelming. It piles up quickly. It's usually more of a mess than we can handle.  What junk are you holding onto?  Do you have bitterness, anger, unforgiveness, or some burdening sorrow in ...

 God doesn't always give you exactly what you want, but He will never fail in giving you what you need.  That simple thought has swirled in my head a lot throughout the past week. Let us delve into the topic of contentment. Our most perfect plans never usually work out as well as we want them to. Even as the Lord walks by our side, it is all too easy for us to become unsatisfied with what He has given us.  It only takes a second to have a seed of dissatisfaction planted in our hearts just by the simple act of looking at others and thinking about what we don't have. It's a must to remember that God always has a perfect plan in place. Every aspect is a connecting dot and has plenty of purpose: the family you were placed in, the friends and acquaintances you encounter, the situations you face.  It's never easy to find God's goodness in the midst of our dissatisfaction. It takes a while to accept that we aren't in control of everything. It's all too common for s...

 Have you ever been caught in a rainstorm without an umbrella? Those kinds of storms are never fun. They seem to be the hardest and the most unexpected. Dark clouds cast an unsettling shadow over a perfect day. The raindrops are cold. You're suddenly soaked and running to find a place of shelter. In your mind you're thinking: if I'd known this was going to happen, I would have kept my umbrella handy. A most uncomfortable truth to accept is that we can never see what lies ahead for us. It's far too easy to forget how much we need Jesus. Even on our sunniest days, we still need keep Him close. Lupus is an unfair autoimmune disease that my mother has battled for nine years now, and last summer, the flare up she experienced was her worst to date. It really shook our world to its core. We are still praising the Lord for all of the recovery progress she has made. This unexpected situation matured our relationship and it definitely planted a seed of reliance on Jesus ...