The Unlikely Missionary

I'm not a Kobe Fan. I'm a Knicks fan. He reminded me too much of MJ and I can't stand MJ. But I am a wife and a mother and the thought of my husband and my children being gone from me forever is unbearable. And that is why I haven't been able to hold back tears. Having kids makes this news hit different Hearing that Kobe died was a shock. My husband's face showed disbelief as he uttered the words, "this can't be true", when he read the news. A wife without her husband. Girls without their dad. No one to walk them down the aisle. His youngest two only knowing him through other people's stories. But then when they reported his daughter was with him too... Deep sadness overwhelmed me. I held my daughter close. I breathed her in. I snuggled with my son. And I didn't realize I was crying until I felt his hands cup my face and wipe my tears looking at me concerned. My husband and my son and daughter are my world. My ki...

I first learned about Soul Ties in junior high. It was the new big term in the youth Christian world at the time. It sounded sexy but when you really thing about it, Its a heavy thing. I touched on it a little bit in my post,  The Sin You Do To Yourself , but I'll go more in depth here. ------- As a young girl I understood the concept but didn't truly understand it until I was a young adult. So what is a Soul tie? Good question. A soul tie is a spiritual connection created through marriage, sex, or accepting Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord. The first and most perfect example for how a soul tie is supposed to be is the one formed when you accept Christ. The Holy Spirit comes down and resides within you (Romans 8:10-11; 1 Corinthians 6:19). He is there to walk with you, to guide you, to teach you and to help you remember all the things God has promised you (John 14:26). The second example is in Genesis when God created Adam. He said it is not good for Adam to ...