Sheila Walsh

If even for a moment.....

I believe that if even for a moment we began to grasp how outrageously we are loved by God it would change everything. It would change how we see ourselves in the mirror, not better, not worse just loved. It would change what we give to each other, not justice or vengeance but mercy. It would change how we live, no regrets, no pride just gratitude.....if even for a moment

WHY I’VE CHANGED THE FOCUS OF MY WRITING

One of the greatest gifts that I have been given in life is to be able to share my own story, how God even in the darkest moments, took my hand and walked with me. There is a powerful redemptive element in speaking out where you have been and where you are now. I will [...]

THIS ONE PRINCIPLE IS CHANGING MY LIFE

This One Principle Is Changing My Life “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9 Just ask any songwriter who has tried to come up with a unique way to say, “I love you,” or a mystery writer wanting to [...]

WHY I AM THANKFUL

Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday but as I thought about mothers struggling to will their children to live in the harshest places in Haiti or the families in New Zealand who will face their first Christmas soon without 29 miners lost in the Pike River mine disaster, my question was,

“What can each one of us be thankful for?”

Use your INSIDE VOICE!!!!!

Use your INSIDE VOICE!! I am a self-confessed gadget geek and fan of all things Apple, in fact I am writing this blog on a flight to Denver on my iPad and nifty little dock-able keyboard. I love my iPhone 4 with Facetalk. I love that when I finally get to my hotel tonight I [...]

Trust…the forgotten wound

When trust is shattered when you are a child it is a wound that hides in the basement of our souls. Other wounds heal but trust seems to be the very last casualty. We learn to love again, to laugh again but to trust? The trouble is when trust is broken it affects every relationship. This wound, this slammed shut door does not allow us to be selective. If affects our ability to trust God too.