Dust and Ashes

By |2023-03-27T07:30:40-07:00February 22nd, 2023|Blog, Uncategorized|

I read a devotion today that included a quote from Polish rabbi, Simcha Bunin. Rabbi Bunin said, "Everyone should keep a note in each of their pockets. When feeling slightly full of yourself, you'd pull out the note from your left pocket, which would say, 'I am nothing but dust and ashes.' But when feeling [...]

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Just Show Up – Take Note of the Good (Recognize the Healing)

By |2016-12-01T09:50:43-07:00May 5th, 2015|Uncategorized|

I'm healing. There was a day, just as short as five months ago, that I looked at my situation and couldn't see through the dirt and muck. A shadow of despair blocked the clarity of any future beyond the situation. Ironically the hope that carried me through came from situations past. Circumstances that were once [...]

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Just Show Up – What else is inside of you?

By |2016-12-01T09:50:58-07:00August 11th, 2014|Uncategorized|

"If you weren't telling your story and helping women all over the world what else would you be doing? What else is inside you?" This question greeted me in an email from a reader/survivor and struck me like a slap on the chest. It awakened a sense of wonder that hibernates precariously beneath the blanket of [...]

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Just Show Up – And Still I Rise

By |2016-12-01T09:51:04-07:00May 29th, 2014|Uncategorized|

Yesterday time stopped for a moment. A breath of a moment as I heard the great Maya Angelou passed. Her VOICE spoke to my soul on many occasions in my life. God used her voice to 'show up' for me when I felt defeated. God taught me lessons through Maya's interviews. I'll never forget when my [...]

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Just Show Up – Just Say It

By |2016-12-01T09:51:05-07:00April 28th, 2014|Uncategorized|

A week ago I had a reader from one of our 'eastern states' send me a bit of her writing. She is a survivor struggling to find her voice and speak about the abuse she has incurred and wishes to remain anonymous. She felt if she could find her voice in little ways, such as [...]

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Thank you for your Donation!

By |2016-12-01T09:52:12-07:00November 30th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Hopeful Hearts is grateful for your donation.  Hopeful Hearts Ministry is a fellowship devoted to offering hope to those who are suffering with the distribution of books, videos, the Hopeful Hearts silver pendant and delivering personal testimony.  Your generous contribution will be used to publish these materials and to offer presentations to groups that otherwise wouldn’t be [...]

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