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Do You Care Too Much About What Others Think?
Well, do you? Yeah. Me too. I wouldn't say I walk around under a cloud of worry and fear about what other people think of me. In fact, I...
Susan Eaton
Jul 5, 20183 min read


Making God
God, we’ve made you too small. Too small to handle our problems and pain, Too small to have the answers, Too small to create new...
Susan Eaton
Jun 20, 20182 min read


Forgiveness - What If You Did It Anyway?
“What if you did it anyway?” This was a question I posed to my small group of girls during this past weekend’s youth retreat. All weekend...
Susan Eaton
Jun 14, 20184 min read


So Will I
There’s a song by Hillsong United that comes up on one of my Spotify playlists called So Will I. I’ve really come to love this song. It's...
Susan Eaton
Jun 6, 20183 min read


Junior Freeman
There he sits--every morning--on the bench just outside the doors of the church. His name is Junior Freeman and he has been a part of the...
Susan Eaton
May 25, 20184 min read


Don't Let My Life Pass Me By
God’s purpose for your life is that you would contribute more of His good and beauty in this world as you use the gifts He gave you. God...
Susan Eaton
May 10, 20183 min read


Awaken Us
Lord, it is our own choices toward gratifying the self that make us numb to our need for spiritual renewal. We all need to take a deep...
Susan Eaton
May 3, 20182 min read


What Do You Want Me to Do for You?
It’s been almost fifteen years since my father died—May 6, 2003. And it was fifteen years ago this month that my heavenly father broke in...
Susan Eaton
Apr 12, 20185 min read


The Weight of Expectations
The day Jesus rode into Jerusalem for the last time was a day full of joyful celebration. The crowds of people who followed Jesus were...
Susan Eaton
Mar 29, 20187 min read


The Power of Encouragement
Who doesn't love a cute dog picture, am I right? An article on rover.com caught my eye the other day. It showed pictures of dogs before...
Susan Eaton
Mar 22, 20184 min read


Magnolia
Little magnolia in my yard so crooked and bent, You didn’t start off crooked. You weren’t designed to grow so awkwardly, so strange, so...
Susan Eaton
Mar 13, 20182 min read


That You Consider My Life
Psalm 139: 16b-18 “In your book were written all the days that were formed for me, when none of them as yet existed. How weighty to me...
Susan Eaton
Mar 8, 20183 min read


Darkness. Flee.
Darkness, you have to flee. You are taking up space that is not yours to occupy. You are taking up space in my heart; You are taking up...
Susan Eaton
Mar 5, 20181 min read


You Are My Everything
A couple of days ago I had a rough morning. It was one of those mornings where the thing that triggers my stress and anxiety the most...
Susan Eaton
Mar 1, 20182 min read


Your Beautiful Potential
Every person is created by God, and within each person lies loads of potential. I think sometimes we forget how much potential we really...
Susan Eaton
Feb 21, 20185 min read


At Your Doorstep
Mark 1:32-34 "That evening, at sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. And the whole city was gathered...
Susan Eaton
Feb 14, 20181 min read


On Pharisees and Outcasts
Why is it that those who had a firm grip on the religious institution in Jesus’ day seemed to have the most trouble accepting what he...
Susan Eaton
Feb 6, 20183 min read


What I Learned from Jury Duty (or What it Means to Lead with Compassion)
Several weeks ago I opened my mailbox and saw a letter addressed to me from the Circuit Court in Lamar County. “Oh no.” I thought. “This...
Susan Eaton
Jan 26, 20184 min read


No Shortcuts
This was originally written during a time when God was teaching me that I needed to trust Him and make some "un-fun" choices —that there...
Susan Eaton
Jan 19, 20181 min read


Against Comfort and Complacency
This is one of many prayers I’ve written as I struggle with my own desire to be comfortable…to seek out comfort…to be distracted by the...
Susan Eaton
Jan 15, 20182 min read
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