Tag: relationships
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Are Trust Issues Really a Lack of Faith?

By Lisa S. Tarno I came by some liberating information today that finally made sense to me. Let me begin with admitting that I have had trust issues certainly with people and for good cause, but I admit with God as well. I have had well meaning Christian friends say to me, “You just need…
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Gaining A Heart Of Wisdom

By Lisa S. Tarno “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” Psalm 90:12 When we were young we didn’t give much thought to this because so much of life was presumably ahead of us. That’s the folly of youth because no one is ever guaranteed a tomorrow whether…
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Confetti Confessions

By Lisa S. Tarno “I feel like my life is like bits of confetti floating around and not landing,” I described to someone in a recent phone call. I’ve hit a point in my life where I am counting the cost of doing what needs to be done to be where I want to be…
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Accepting What Is!

By Lisa S. Tarno I have prayed for some time now that God would fill me full of His grace and enable me to accept what is. It’s part of my prayer strategy to encase myself in a Galinda (from Wicked) like bubble of grace with all my interactions with people to just bounce off of…
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Finding My Moorings…Beyond The Conflict Conversation Part 2

By Lisa S. Tarno Another year passed and another year of being gaslit by said person in previous article happened again. Gaslighting is defined as, “To cause (a person) to doubt their judgement, memory, or sanity through the use of psychological manipulation. To deceive ( a person or group of people) through repetition of a…
