by Teresa Shields Parker | Jun 17, 2020 | Devotional, Family, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
Beyond a shadow of a doubt, I know God is the God of the impossible. He did the impossible in my mother’s life. He healed her from mental illness that wreaked havoc with her emotions. And because I had a front row seat to witness that transformation, I was able... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog, Devotional, Inspiration, Purpose, Uncategorized
It was at a Bible study and prayer meeting at Sheila Ruffin’s house. At that point in my life I had a Bible degree and a lot of head knowledge, but very little experience in following God’s leading. At Sheila’s, though, we’d study the Bible and then we’d apply what we... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Apr 28, 2020 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
The state we are all currently living in could be called the state of confusion. If you are like me, I don’t do well in confusion. I like to be decisive, to make a decision and stick to it, but these days no one wants to make a decision that goes past tomorrow at the... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, Purpose, Uncategorized
“I tell women, healthy is the new sexy,” Verna Laboy, health educator for Columbia/Boone County, MO public health and human services declared. Laboy runs the Live Well By Faith program. Since heading up this program, she herself has lost 40 pounds and lowered her A1C... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Apr 21, 2020 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, Purpose, Uncategorized
Do you ever have days when you want to just fix the world? The last month or more this desire became overwhelming because I realized I can’t fix the world and neither can anyone else. So I did what most of the world is doing now—basically the essentials plus watching... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Apr 10, 2020 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
I would be dead today without the grace of Jesus changing my life. It’s a fact I cannot deny and if I had died 15 years ago, it would have been totally my fault. I’ve written about this before, but today I feel led to connect the dots between the parts of my story.... 
