This week, I found myself in the horse pasture, gathering apples. Our horses are blessed to have a couple of apple trees and one peach tree in their little pasture, and we are blessed that they don't eat them all. Apple picking was not high on my teenage children's list this beautiful September day. Wishing […]
Hi friends, Do you, like me, need to return to gospel sanity? This week already feels out of control and I could easily go down the road of believing the feeling is real! It's not real, though. Don't believe the feeling! The Lord is in full control. Return to Graceland...a place where grace and God […]
It happened about a little over a year ago. A night when I was getting the kids ready for bed and I just couldn't imagine doing the next day. I couldn't imagine doing the bare minimum let alone the things I felt I was called to be doing in ministry at the time. Just […]
"Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD" (Psalm 27:14). It is a paradox isn't it? Christianity and so many truths within it. A king comes to serve. You are wise if you follow this paradoxical king...even if others aren't doing the same. He sometimes calls you to unique […]
Dear friend...do you need rest this weekend? I am thinking over this quote today. Would you join me? "Remember, therefore, it is not your hold of Christ that saves you - it is Christ. It is not your joy in Christ that saves you - it is Christ. It is not even your faith in […]
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 […]