reflections by Roxana

“Debutante”

(my perspective on pageant recent experience)

After the busy days of my 8 years old first experience on a pageant, I was draw to collect my observations.  I watched, listened, looked and saw girls from different ages and backgrounds.  Some showed dreamy, exciting little faces, others (mostly the older ones) their own fears, teary faces just before the great finale…  I gave a hand to a girl who needed to fit on her stunning dress; her eyes told me how scared she really...

Key Lime Pie

I had a desire for surprising my family with a delicious Key Lime Pie!  I looked for the recipe on an old favorite recipe book and began to gather the ingredients.  But when I was finally ready, my youngest daughter decided it was time to demand extra attention. My mom tried to help with her, but the distractions had some undesirable results: I switched steps, overlooked the right sugar amounts and ended up with a pie that did not taste like key lime pie at all!

So I had...

I left behind the memories that caused so much pain. In my consciousness I’ve been trying to live in the present.  But when my present turned out to be unbearable at times, because of my inability to control my anger, I had to question myself and turn to God for answers.

It was in my Twelve Steps Group where I heard the voices of my past and became able to understand my present struggles.  Deep within my soul I hid my “logic,” blaming God for the hurts caused on me by others, an...

Booboos on my Knees

(Reflections on my Journey of Healing and Deliverance)

When I was 10 years old, after a well-invested PE class, I experienced the normal urgency for drinking water.  We had to walk a bit from the parking lot back to the main building.  There was the long, wide stairs to the second floor where our classroom and the water fountain were.  I decided to run, and in my haste, fell down and badly skinned my left knee.  I didn’t feel much pain at first, bu...

A while ago I noticed how worship songs would sound in my mind over and over again...  The words of these songs would
bring peace to my heart, hope and many times a neccesary reminder of God's Word when life seemed tough.
At Southern Hills Baptist Church, our worship Pastor Jesse wrote a song that speaks of God's awesome names, to me it especially speaks of God's love.  This song stayed in my mind this week, it was my company when things looked scary since my husband Pat needed to go to the hos...