How Great Thou Part

People Facebook me. People text me. People e-mail me. People call me. We have one thing in common. They want to know why it is that they can’t get over the person they love and are losing. They are reaching out to the right person. I am an expert in not getting over love. I…

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“I don’t know why work isn’t going the way it used to,” says my friend “Rosalita.” I think I know why. “God is trying to tell you that you deserve something better,” I say. You can work just as hard for someone who values you and pays you what you deserve. “Rosalita” needs to hear…

No one should lose themselves in a relationship. On the contrary, one should become more of the person that they are and not less. A relationship should make an individual thrive not constrict. One should grow not wither. It’s imperative that an individual self-protect to ensure the relationship is a healthy one. A relationship that…

We are in our twenties, newly working and out for happy hour. We are in a hurry to progress. We want to get better jobs, earn more money, date the right person and start building our future. The conversation is passionate, every one of us declaring our current emotional status: “I love my job!” “I…

Love is complicated. It is emotion and passion and attraction. It is confidence that permits the best type of love to thrive and a relationship survive. The signs of confident love 1. Clear Vision: A confident love exists when a spouse sees the other spouse for who they really are. They do not project their…

I definitely had a lapse in spirituality during the anguish of losing my marriage. It was the first time in my life that I had ever felt true self-pity and bitterness. It was the only time I felt like a victim. Fortunately, one morning I realized that these less than stellar or enjoyable attributes stemmed…

I am a bit nervous this morning. I am on the way to meet a friend. We have a few too many, obvious parallels and instead of feeling this is helpful, it makes me sad. I never, ever, want to see a heart hurt again. Let alone one that would never have the ability to…

This is a powerful reading that a friend forwarded to me. It is from “Grace for the Moment” by Max Lucado. I love how it speaks of remodeling the heart. This is a book worth purchasing. Follow me on Facebook @Colleen Orme National Columnist on Twitter @colleenorme on Pinterest @colleensheehyorme E-mail: Colleen.Sheehy.Orme@gmail.com www.colleensheehyorme.com

My car nurses a flat tire, so I decide that this combined with Friday gives me license to crawl through my morning. I typically write in silence (unless I am at my fave coffee shop), but I turn on the Today Show. It’s a full, two cups of coffee kinda day so I am easily…

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