Have you ever been stuck in your pain? No matter which way you turn, you see it on your left and on your right, in front of you and behind you, with no end in sight. How long, you ask? When will this end? How could anything good come from any of this? You go…
Things I learned from Mom: Relationships matter. Mom and our Dad were a power couple. Together, their love for Christ and for others multiplied their God-given strengths and their influence on others. People mattered to her because they mattered to Christ. She always went after the one she felt needed something or someone the…
April 10, 1992. It was a very tragic car wreck, which involved my entire family. Mom shouldn’t have made it and our youngest sister and her friend were hurt badly, leaving our middle sister at the age of 16 to hold the pieces together. God took our precious Daddy home. Every year it feels the…
Grief: “Deep Sorrow”, especially caused by someone’s death is something almost everyone will have to experience at one point or another. This is something that has been on my heart recently, and I feel like sharing it to glorify God and share good news. Our job on earth is to grow the kingdom of God…
Life is full of experiences that often make us wonder if what we have is enough. Our thoughts begin to race, causing us to ask “Am I enough?” “Do I have what it takes for this situation?” We may even find ourselves saying, “Lord, I can’t see how this can ever be enough.” But what…
MARY’S DREAM I had a dream, Joseph. I don’t understand it, not really, but I think it was about a birthday celebration for our Son. I think that was what it was all about. The people had been preparing for it for about 6 weeks. They had decorated the house and bought new clothes. They’d…
“I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete”. John 15:11 (NIV) Have you ever said these words “I just want to be happy” or “if I can just do this, get this, or go here I’ll be happy?” The problem…
Just because someone carries it well doesn’t mean it isn’t heavy. The saying, “God will never give you more than you can handle” is popular and even comforting, but it is not necessarily Biblical. Because after all, the times when we think we literally cannot handle anymore are the times we are most likely to…
We all have anniversaries, yearly reminders of a specific date in our lives. It may be a good one or a really hard one, but there are days that clearly draw a line in the sand for each of us. I have a long list of both. However, today is my husband and my 24th…
“But You, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.” Psalm 3:3 ESV Beloved Sisters, are you having a blue day, week, month or year? Are you ready to give up, cave in and/or quit the race God has set before you because you are grieving, overwhelmed, hopeless,…