Debbie W. Wilson

Refreshing Faith

When You Think You’ve Disappointed God

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Do you think God’s disappointed in you? He’s not. You cannot shock or disappoint God. How can I say such a thing? Because the Bible says that we were chosen “according to the foreknowledge of God the Father” (1 Peter 1:2). In other words, God knew everything about you and me before we were born, before He chose us.

He knew everything He was getting in me, yet still chose me to be His child and to represent His Kingdom. That is not a pass to misbehave. It is an incentive to get up when I fall down—to press on. God knows He did not make a mistake in choosing you or me. He will fulfill His purpose in us. He knows the Spirit won’t fail to form Christlikeness in us (1 John 3:2-3).Continue Reading

How to Be Christ-Centered Amid This Unrest

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Have you considered how practical it is to be Christ-centered? It changes how we perceive and respond to the pressure the world imposes on each of us. Sadly, many churches don’t look to Jesus or the Bible for wisdom. They cave to current fads. This contributed to the early racism in our country and hinders healing now. So when someone has the courage to speak truth it moves me.

I met Denita Thomas through Knowing God Ministries and felt an instant attraction. When I recently heard her speak online, I thought of you. You can find the link to her talk below. I asked her to distill her thoughts in a blog. Thank you, Denita, for sharing your heart and wisdom with us.

Christ-Centered Amid These Times of Unrest

I cannot help but think about how people may feel during these times of unrest. People tell me they’re CONSUMED with feelings of discouragement, confusion, anger, anxiety, fear and even guilt. I want to address some of these feelings because they are affecting my brothers and sisters in Christ.Continue Reading

Types of Masks You Need to Stop Wearing

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We recently celebrated a friend’s birthday with a zoom dress-up party. It’s fun to take on different personas with zany costumes, but as COVID-19 has shown us, masks can be limiting and suffocating.

Physical masks protect us from airborne pollutants. But wearing figurative masks to protect our image or hide our insecurities puts distance between us and others—including God.

Certain situations and people draw out our sense of inadequacy. When surrounded by people who are more successful, better informed, or more polished, we reach for a mask to fit in. Let’s look at some common types of masks.

Types of Masks

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What You Can Do to Heal Our Land

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As believers we want to be part of the solution, not the problem. To solve a problem, we need to understand it. I asked my friend Tara Kenchen to help us have a better understanding of how we can be part of the solution in healing the racial divide in our land. I hope you’ll read and share Tara’s wisdom.

Healing Our Land

My youngest daughter Briya was not yet 2 years old when she started pounding her tiny fists against her father’s chin. He appeared to be both stunned and confused. She had been trying to explain something to him that he didn’t understand. She repeated herself a few times before succumbing to anger and frustration getting his attention in a different way.

From her perspective, she was talking and he either was not listening or didn’t understand. And truthfully, at the time, whatever was evidently very important to her was probably not as important to him (or me for that matter).

I intervened, picking her up, calming her down, and providing a little instruction of “Baby, you can’t hit daddy.” And though I didn’t advocate her “hitting daddy” I did understand. I understood what it meant to talk and be unheard and to be in the presence of people who even when they heard, did not understand. I understood then and I understand now.

Just like Briya, right now people are pounding the chin of our nation forcing themselves to be heard—screaming about the injustice they feel they’ve tried to communicate many times before.Continue Reading

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