I have to admit, I chuckled as I typed the title to this first post for the new year—the first post in months, I might add. Strong is not remotely the word I would use to describe myself—on any level—as I tiptoe into the new year. A variety of words adequately describe my spiritual, physical, ...
Week 26: Inhale.
Week 26 - 40 Weeks in the Shade of God's Care I’ve always loved Christmas. Every part of it warms my heart. I love the smell of Christmas baking, the twinkle of lights in the neighborhood. I enjoy the anticipation surrounding the season. I enjoy it so much that I plan for it all year. In the fall ...
Week 22: A Better Story Pt. 1
Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. Oh my people, trust in Him at all times. Pour out your heart to Him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:5,8 “A Better Story”. I heard these words bravely venture from the mouth of a woman I love. A woman who placed her last thread of ...
Day 5: The Beauty in the Broken
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes. They inherit a throne of honor. 1 Samuel 2:8 Have you ever attempted to repair a cracked vase? A favorite trinket? I have—a few times. My finished product lacks beauty and usefulness, but with ...
The Rocks that Amplify the River’s Roar
I hadn't beheld such beauty in a long time. This was a new hike. Gary and I enjoyed it together. The mossy rocks and cedar groves were breath-taking, but it was the surprising sound of a rushing creek that called for our attention. Long before it came into sight, the distant roar ...
When the Soul Dreams
Psalm 126:1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed [again]! I scribbled this verse onto a piece of paper and taped it onto the wall in our bathroom during a time when Gary and I were navigating deep pain in our marriage. Though the odds were stacked ...
I don’t want to bother Him with….this!
Quietly tucked in between two profound stories in Scripture is an easily dismissed encounter between Elisha, a famous prophet of the Lord, and a man, un-named. This little encounter is sandwiched between the supernatural healing of a leprous army commander and God's mighty overthrow of a ...
When Falling Asleep on God Isn’t a Bad Idea
If you have followed world news over the past couple of weeks, you have probably experienced a measure of grief, disbelief, anger, fear or depression over some of the events that have taken place in the U.S: the fatal shooting of The Voice star, Christina Grimmy, followed, the next day, by the ...
Your Grace Finds Me
I entered the back of the auditorium. The band played a familiar song, but the vastness of God's grace, captured within the lyrics, gripped my heart in a brand new way. It's there on the wedding day There in the weeping by the grave site There in the very breath we breathe Your great ...
A Surrendered Hideout
Trees have offered boundless hiding spots and shelter since the beginning of time. They have served as a fortress to playful children, lovers, and convicts alike. Jesus addresses the misuse of their timber in Matthew 7 when He asks us, " Why do you see the splinter that is in your brother’s or ...