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
We've all stood in the proverbial hallway. Waiting on doors to open. Not knowing which door to choose. Putting our hand on the handle only to find that it's locked. Listening to what's going on behind closed doors, trying to discern if that's our cue to move on or move in. Waiting...waiting...waiting... Crickets. What do… Continue reading Finding Hope In the Hallway
Have you ever just taken a step back from your life and looked around and thought "what in the world is going on here?" Life is good. I'm breathing, I'm healthy and I'm blessed. But... Recently, whilst in my own little bubble, doing what I do on a daily basis, I realized that very near… Continue reading Passing Through Troubled Waters Without Getting Sea Sick
In the first book 0f Peter, Peter is writing, instructing the church in a number of things. Do's and Don'ts. How to live a holy life. Warnings on avoiding sin. etc. etc. etc. Towards the end of the book, he seems to wrap up all of those details with this... " Above all, love each… Continue reading Learning To Love Without Limits
When I think of creating art, words like messy, beautiful, creative, frustrating, expectation, intentional and unique come to mind. If you were creating a piece of art, what would you think of? What would your process look like? This is how I am beginning to view my duty of letting my adult children go well… Continue reading The Art of Letting Them Go…
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. " I Corinthians 10:23 When my children were really small, they had to do whatever in the world I told them too. Get in the car. Get in the bath. Stay… Continue reading The Choice is Yours
Anyone who has been called out by the Lord to write words to point people to Him know how hard this can be. He asks us to expose our lives for the sake of others. To lay down and become vulnerable. To reach into the deep places of where we have been and where we… Continue reading Hope For the Weary Mama
"Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus. When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle… Continue reading That Time God Asked Me To Be Carried
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