even to the listener. The pain of others can stockpile in our own hearts and leave us in agony. That is unless we find ways to bring perspective. How do you bring perspective?

1,000 years are like 1 day -- to an adult.

1 day is like 1,000 years -- to a child.

 --Perspective!

I have been praying for God’s perspective, God’s heart, ears, and eyes. I want to see what God sees in our world—at least I think I do.

In reality, I may not be able to bear it. (click on title to read more)

people often interrupt to tell her that they have a friend who also had cancer.  The conversation becomes about the friend. Linda (not her real name) leaves feeling no one cares. Linda says she will stop talking about her cancer. It is just too lonely. It hurts too much. (click on title to read more)

Geese looking for their eggs? How could something so detached from my daily life make such a great impact?

Welcome to the Shepherding Women blog! I am so glad you stopped by. I hope this will be only the beginning of a relationship that will continually enrich your personal and ministry life. 

Most of my life has been spent observing and entering into the painful places in the lives of women. The settings vary. The contexts are multi-faceted. It is nearly impossible to travel down the road of life for long without finding someone stopped along the wayside, unable to get up by herself. I have been that woman lying along the wayside, unable to get up. What a gift to have an understanding shepherd stop, reach out an empathetic hand, and give a drink of water. I have also had the incredible privilege of being that shepherd who stops to assist a woman in pain.