Cassie's Nimble Nuggets

I love the banner of our Propel Women Chapter, we compliment we don't compete.  This is something that I get tired of seeing in Christian communities men and women are both guilty of it.  We count things and then place numerical value on them because somehow this will make us better than someone else or something else.  I think as Christians who are growing towards maturity we have to be very careful what we count or what we consider makes us different unique and gifted.  I hate seeing people say, post and come against others in the church.  We as a body have an auto immune response and we get confused and try to kill each other.  Why? Because we think its a competition and its our job to win.  I was the worst, I can argue with anyone in doctrine, in life, in approach, and in thought.  I pray everyday, I can and have spent hours praying for hours, crying out.  I can say my books of the Bible in thirty seconds, rattle off scripture, be ab...

          I am a highly competitive girl by nature.  I like to win, to chase, to meet goals, I like to be the best at whatever I am doing, so whatever I do I spend a lot of time, energy, and effort thrusting myself into it. This has allowed me to adapt quick, learn quick and be good at things quick and I was able to excel in high school in whatever I was passionate about.    This was great when I was a teenager but as I am going into my middle years of life being the best doesn't cut it for me.  I actually don't like being around people who are like this because I have a real difficulty with being around prideful people.  Why?  Because I know what its like to place all your hopes and security in something so deceiving.  Everyone likes to talk about it but no one likes to own up to it.     Pride is the thief of anointing, the destroyer of relationships, and the killer of whole bodies of people.   I have ...

I have three amazing children, and my youngest is at the age where she is struggling with life being unfair.  She will tell her oldest sister with much conviction "That's not fair!"  she will yell it at times, throw her arms in a defensive stance and get worked up.  Her world is over, her life is crashing, and she cannot cope with the fact that something is out of balance.  I can tell you that as her mother I don't buy into the injustice of the world.  I am not here to pamper her, I am here to prepare her for the real world.  So I tell her gently "Kiki life is not fair, but you can't focus on all the bad, sometimes you have to just look at the good."  she isn't buying it, I can see it in her skeptic brown eyes.  Many times when my all of my kids start focusing on the bad I will remind them of their good.          As adults we are the same way.  I have become completely consumed with the injustice of the situations ar...