Driving home the other day from work, I could hardly keep my eyes open. The week was coming to an end and the days of an alarm clock buzzing in the dark were catching up with me. I contemplated whether I would come in and make myself a tall iced coffee...or stretch out across my… Continue reading Resting Shouldn’t Be This Hard
There is no greater fear than when it seems all hope is lost. Have you ever felt this way? Hopeless? John Maxwell has an acronym for hope... "Holding On, Praying Expectantly" When we are holding on to hope, we are waiting...and waiting...and waiting... That holding on part can be tough. I picture myself standing in… Continue reading Remaining Hopeful When You Feel Helpless
As we sat in the snow covered cemetery under a big flapping tent in folding metal chairs, I watched as her hand gingerly reach over to brace herself on the nearby headstone. She used it as leverage to push herself up out of her chair, into the cold wind, and stand to speak. My mom.… Continue reading Finding Strength When You Feel Shaky
Real Talk About the Beating We Can Take When We're Trying to Find Direction We've all been there. Decisions need to be made. Clarity is elusive. Discernment is on vacation. What school should I send my kids too? Where should I work? Should I work at all? Should I start that business? Should I… Continue reading Bumper Cars and Closed Doors
Choosing to Trust the Author of Our Stories in the Midst of Hard Chapters I recently took a day to put the top down and take some back roads. I love taking in the sights of small town America and imagining how those towns first came to be. Who settled there first, and who keeps… Continue reading Turn The Page
Have you ever thought you knew just exactly where God was taking you and before you knew it, you were nowhere near that place? Maybe you can see it coming and it looks so "good", it looks so "right" and it just "makes sense" that that's the door which will open and you shall walk… Continue reading “Chill Out Daughter”-Love, God
Got your attention didn't I? Recently I wrestled with knowing God can but not knowing if He would (fill in the blank). I caught myself wanting to "name it and claim it" when I was unsure of what God was doing. And I'm NEVER sure of what He is doing. He doesn't inform like that.… Continue reading A Crisis of Faith
