When you are stretched to the breaking point, when you have one nerve left and your darling is standing on it; when you are weary and tired and feel like you can’t go on—that’s when you wonder what in the world God was thinking when He made you the way you are. What was God […]
Did you make a New Year resolution at the beginning of this year? The most common goal many want to accomplish is to exercise more and eat less. Great goal! But before you even begin tackling that challenge, start with focusing on spending 5 days of renewal and recovery. The hardest part about making any […]
Everywhere I turn I’m hearing the phrase, “Remember the reason for the season.” Why is it important to remember? What happens when we forget who we are and who God is in our lives? In our forgetting, we lose the ability to stand strong. The weight of life’s responsibilities and challenges become a load we […]
Last year I wrote a guest post for my friend Christin Ditchfield’s blog about a new Christmas activity my family and I started participating in called The Prayer Stocking. In it I shared “What would happen if we used our stockings to collect the prayer needs of others and spent the days leading up to […]
I am passionate about going after all God has for you and I. Jeremiah 29:11 declares God’s good plan for each of us. We serve the God of abundance and He is a great gift giver. But there are times I have to remind myself that God is not obligated to meet all my wants […]
The world is full of opportunities to trust God with all types of major issues. Expecting mothers are trusting God for healthy babies. Those affected by illness are trusting God for healing. Many experiencing disappointment are trusting God for hope. These life change moments easily take center stage, but even in the small things God […]
Someone once said, “When you aim for perfection, you discover it’s a moving target.” Unfortunately many of us women have not attained this revelation. Rather than changing our goal, we try in vain to hit the impossible. Every day women mentally berate themselves for not completing their to-do list: feeling guilty over not having enough […]
I’ve often found myself saying, “I’d be happy if _________.” The dreams, visions, and hopes which have filled that blank space are too numerous to count. Each filler becoming a stumbling block to today’s happiness. God desires for us to dream big and hope against hope as we press toward those things He has […]
My love for reading is something I’m thankful has been passed down to my sons. I often find myself making quick runs to the public library on their behalf to pick up the next book they want to read. Since school resumed, one of my boys has become fascinated by the John Grisham juvenile […]
This weekend I spent over 18 hours in the hospital. In my childhood, hospitals were always considered a place to be feared. My first memory of being at one was after a school bus accident. All I can recall of the incident is being in a big, cold, white room filled with other frightened elementary […]