Cassie L. Wilson

Learning to be the light

Are You Single? Don’t Let Rocks be Kicked in Your Path

Wow.  Okay.  This post has proven to be a little tougher to write than I imagined it would be.  Especially since it is a topic that seems to come up in conversation almost daily… you’d think the words would just flow, but no.  No, I am not talking about politics… Although, I suppose I have a few thoughts to share on that front.  But, that’s a different time and a different place.  I’m talking about marriage, relationships, and being single.

My sweet mother and I were discussing this very topic a few weeks ago and she said something that has been running back and forth in my head ever since then.  It’s pretty much a guarantee if something has been stuck in my head, y’all are going to see a post about it (#sorrynotsorry).

If any of you have ever had a discussion about marriage with your mother, your grandmother, your aunt, your whoever, I’d almost venture to say that she may have told you something like “I just want the best for you!”  Am I right? [Read more…]

When God Says No

Friend, have you ever read a passage of scriptures and nothing jumped out at you, but the second (or third, or fourth?) time you read those same scriptures, a light bulb goes off or something touches your soul? It’s in those times you hear God speak directly to your soul.  Sometimes when reading scripture, that’s when God says no to your plans.  Or gives you a resounding yes.  Or He gives you something else entirely.

That’s been happening to me quite frequently.  I love when a light shines a little brighter or a little differently on a set of scriptures and the meaning becomes a little more clear when applied to a particular trial or situation.
I’ve gotten into the habit of reading Bible plans from the YouVersion Bible app on my phone while I dry my hair in the mornings before work. I wish I was kidding when I say that I spend a good twenty minutes with a hair dryer aimed at my head in the mornings.  You ladies with curly-bushy-long hair might know the struggle. It is all too real. [Read more…]

This Little Light of Mine: Let’s Let It Shine, Y’all

This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine.  Let it shine, let it shine, let it shiiiiine.

Show of hands, y’all, how many of us grew up singing this song in Sunday School?

If I had to guess, I’d say a majority of us did.  And if you didn’t, I’m sure you know the words and the tune.  (Even lyric losers like me know those lyrics!)  Sure, when you get a bunch of kids together singing it, it does sound a little too much like a kid’s song.  But, have you ever stopped to consider why our Sunday School teachers taught us this song back in the day?

No, it’s not because it’s an easy song to learn.  The easiness of it certainly does help, though, and it makes it easy to recall, even after years of not hearing it sung.

We were taught the song because it is a song with a deep meaning that we all need to be reminded of on occasion.  Sometimes, it’s the simplest things that make a profound statement and leave a lasting impact. [Read more…]

Taking a Leap of Faith

Friends, I’m taking a leap of faith here.

I want to share a little something with you.  And it may answer your question as to why I’ve started this blog… and rejoined Facebook.

As you may well know, I have been off of Facebook for a couple of years now.  I took a break from social media (Okay, not Twitter.  I like Twitter.) because I began to feel overwhelmed by the many, many details shared on my Facebook news feed.  The feeling of losing a personal connection with my friends was gigantic.  I no longer had the opportunity to be surprised when I saw a friend out and about and they told me their exciting news.  All I could respond with was “Oh, yeah, I saw that on Facebook”, and that was the end of that.  There were many, many reasons I left Facebook, not just the reason of feeling like I had lost real connections.  Trying to explain them all would take days. [Read more…]