by Kristene O'Dell | Sep 4, 2019 | Authenticity
“I like you; your eyes are full of language.” ― Anne Sexton We often hear the quote, “The eyes are the window to the soul.” Although I would attest to its truth, it is not found in the Biblical Proverbs like many believe. We all know we can fake a smile, but for those...
by Kristene O'Dell | Aug 9, 2019 | Authenticity
“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not...
by Kristene O'Dell | Jul 8, 2019 | Authenticity, One Small Voice
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” E.E. Cummings Authenticity: the quality of being real or true. I love that when I hash-tagged (I think hash-tagged is a real word in our current culture) the word authenticity on an Instagram post, I gained...
by Kristene O'Dell | Jun 21, 2019 | One Small Voice
(Originally written in 2014) “Oh afflicted one, storm tossed and not comforted; Behold, I will set your stones in antimony; And your foundations I will lay in sapphires.” Isaiah 54:11 Recently, my husband took us to the beach for a family vacation. For an entire week,...
by Kristene O'Dell | Jun 14, 2019 | One Small Voice
“For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up...
