We don’t naturally sign up for pain, hurt, suffering and disappointment. Yet these challenges are the very things God uses to grow our faith and trust in Him. These struggles are what He uses to mold us into the image of himself.
Today, you notice the darkness lifting and you’re seeing small cracks of light again. You feel the warmth on your face, the smell of fresh-brewed coffee, and tightly embrace your son’s neck before school. You even caught yourself laughing at something silly again…
This week was unusually trying. We were up several times with our adorable St. Bernard who is too cute to get mad at. My daughter came down with a cold and generously passed it on to me. My husband and I just couldn’t wake up feeling refreshed. It was struggle …
Allow yourself to grieve. These were the words a friend sent me recently. She has traveled this life longer than me and shared a lot of wisdom my heart needed. The last year has been full of losses for our family. Stepping down from full time ministry, losing our dog, …
Yes, you serve a God who knows how to give good gifts to you. Maybe you’re just too afraid to ask Him. But when you come to him, be confident and secure in the fact He desires to bless you. You don’t even have to question if He will.
Around this time every year, I get excited. The leaves begin falling to the ground, mornings are cooler, afternoons warm up, and the colors are inspiring. “Fall is in the air and on the ground,” says Amelia Bedelia in one of my daughter’s favorite books. The changing of seasons before …
I realized it’s okay to sit and not be fine. It’s okay to not have answers yet. All of us are in the “in-between” not only in this crazy pandemic, but as we wait on Jesus to make everything right again in this sin drenched world…