by Amy Jung | Sep 26, 2012 | Suffering |
Just a couple of years ago a friend of mine lost her husband unexpectedly. My husband drove us to the memorial – a short drive across a short town - not a lot of time to prepare words. I had only seen her a few times since returning to my hometown. I spent the...
by Amy Jung | Sep 25, 2012 | Who we are in Christ / Identity of a believer |
There once was a woman named Ida Mayfield Wood...perhaps you've heard of her. She lived in squalor in a couple of rooms at New York’s Herald Square Hotel. By the time of her death in 1932, Ida had hoarded nearly $1 million in cash in her hotel room. The money was...
by Amy Jung | Sep 22, 2012 | Mothering Encouragement |
I watched the kids from the neighborhood play under the street lamp...unwilling to let go of the last summer night. The fall wind quietly entered our neighborhood last night and stirred their hair. The parents stood around talking about work and how we needed to get...
by Amy Jung | Sep 21, 2012 | Suffering |
What is it about the gospel of grace that can make me endure better? Is anyone else out there challenged in their endurance levels? Physically I can go...push myself to get it done. But I'm talking about how I respond to challenging emotional situations. These...
by Amy Jung | Sep 19, 2012 | Suffering |
I went camping with my family last weekend. We canoed in a lake littered with tree trunks...still standing in water but dead. What was it about them that drew me to take many pictures? Time and time again I carefully brought my camera out, risking the safety of it...
by Amy Jung | Sep 18, 2012 | Renewing the Mind |
I find it hard to write on Tuesdays...there is less time because every Tuesday I do something special. I talk to a dear friend and we discuss what God is doing in lives and then we pray. We've been doing this for about a year now and I am finding that every Tuesday...
by Amy Jung | Sep 17, 2012 | Spiritual Growth |
The bike trail is long and there is not enough time or energy to go further for some in our family. My six year old boy slants his eyes and looks down at...
by Amy Jung | Sep 14, 2012 | Journaling |
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. I've seen you in the sanctuary, beheld your power and glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you....
by Amy Jung | Sep 12, 2012 | Journaling |
It is early morning and the only sound I hear is the coffee pot clicking away and the black gold slowly dripping into the pot. It is still dark and as I wait for the morning light and my favorite drink, I review the summer's writing in my journal. I laugh and I...
by Amy Jung | Aug 25, 2012 | Journaling |
Dawson Trotman, evangelist and founder of the Navigators, once said, "Thoughts disentangle themselves when they pass through your fingertips." By my experience, he was right. Writing and journaling enables me to make sense out of the world and my experiences. For...
