Heartbreaking mommy moment #?: "Mommy, I'm a dork." So we have a talk about words. We talk about who we most truly are. How we can believe what God says instead of what our feelings say. In the course of any given week, it is possible for me to hear many self-demeaning statements and other-demeaning statements. At each […]
A peek inside my Journal: 6/18/13 "Do you, the good shepherd, also protect me? Do you protect me and care for me too?" That is all I'll let you see! Sorry...no further details! My journal has become, not merely a recording of my thoughts and the events in my life, but my side of a life-long conversation with God. I try to […]
There once was a boy. His home was often in turmoil with arguing and yelling. He dreaded hearing footsteps at night. Footsteps at night meant there was going to be a fight. How he hoped there wouldn't be fights...but there were...often. The boy learned how to cope though. He would leave...flee...escape. God's word was absent from […]
"Mama...why does God let me be sick?" He groans. I had to steady myself because a couple of weeks ago...when that question was asked...I was asking the same questions inside. There is no kid-sized answer to that question. Not for a week like that week. So what do you say to a boy who is racked with nausea when […]
Do you remember the story? The one about John F. Kennedy, Jr. flying the plane he was piloting into the Atlantic Ocean off of the coast of Massachusetts? Kennedy and his wife and sister-in-law were killed because Kennedy failed to maintain control of the airplane during a descent over water at night, which was a result of […]
There is a somewhat undefined thing happening in my heart. I'll call it IT. IT began a long time ago. Maybe in the pains of unfortunate events that we all endure in life. It could be summed up as a desire to help others who are suffering. Upon committing my life to Him, the IT became more clear. I […]
Tired Convicted Needing Wanting Hoping Longing Humbled Turning... to the high and lofty one who lives in a high and holy place... but also with those who are contrite and lowly in spirit. "You are the high and lofty One, who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy. You live in a high and holy place […]
I ironed his clothes. I ironed theirs. I ironed mine. I made breakfast, skipped the shower, dressed and fed the little people in the house and pulled together a snack for a hungry crowd of fellowshippers. I planned Sunday School, read over the sermon and encouraged him. I got up REAL early but I was STILL behind. I had caused […]
I heard her little girl voice lifting up prayer. She didn't know I was listening to her precious gratefulness: "Thank you God for the potty... Thank you for the toilet paper... Thank you for the water... Thank you for the sink... Thank you for the shower... Thank you for stingrays...and sharks...and Ellie our dog... Thank […]
Advent Joy isn’t shallow or sentimental—it is rooted in the appearing of Christ. When Scripture speaks of Christ being manifested, it means that God has made Himself clearly seen, known, and encountered in order to save. “The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation…” — Titus 2:11, ESV The Child in the manger is the […]
Where do you long for Christ’s Peace to enter your story this week? Or have you given up hope for that? Perhaps it would be good for you and me to remember Jesus' words about the kind of peace He gives. "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the […]