Even when life feels heavy and dim, we can rejoice in hope. God holds our future and that is great reason to trust and hope in Him! Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. (Romans 12:12) My twenty-something-old daughter invited me to Washington, DC, for breakfast last week. Which meant flying…
How can you hope to get through when it feels so heavy? “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” ~ Galatians 6:9 (ESV) What has you feeling overwhelmed and weary today? It’s a temptation we all feel at different times in our…
If you are a mom worn down from worry and doubt of whether you have what it takes to parent your kids, rest in God’s grace and with this… What does God’s grace look like for a weary, worried mom? But he said to me,“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect…
Living a life of prayer may not look the way you think but God is inviting you into such a life. God longs for you to go deeper with Him. “The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer.”(Psalm 6:9, ESV). When I was a baby Christian in my early 20s, I decided…
Are you looking to encounter God in new, more powerful ways? Listen closely. “For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it.” ~ Job 33:14 (ESV) Walking through Uncertainty “Is that You God?” I asked, perplexed by the voice I heard, clearly instructing me to pick up a dead squirrel from…
Waiting is tough and rarely comfortable. But it is in the lingering where we find God’s strength in us. It is in the waiting God moves. “but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;they shall mount up with wings like eagles;they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not…
The gospel is extended to us as an invitation. We are not forced or coerced or bribed — we are invited. Will we show up? “For many are called, but few are chosen.”Matthew 22:14 (ESV) The gospel is an invitation…and you are invited. But will you come? I just love weddings, don’t you? They are…
Prayer isn’t just about the right tools or timing or discipline. If we don’t come to God with conviction and belief, none of it matters. Prayer is a powerful weapon we need to utilize along with our belief. “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a…
“Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.” ~ Psalm 116:2 (ESV) “Don’t talk to your kids about God.” I exchanged a look with the woman sitting next to me at the young mother’s Bible study. Where was the teacher going with this? “Don’t talk to…
Call to me and I will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things you have not known.” (Jeremiah 33:3) We had five kids in seven years. Six weeks after our twins were born (numbers four and five) we moved from Pennsylvania to Northern Virginia. I had no friends, no family, no help,…
Did you know that your daughter needs your knowledge and experience? Whether she realizes it or not, your wisdom is a loving gift to her! How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. (Prov. 16:16) The phone rang late one night, and it was one…
Do you ever choose tasks or activity over talking to God? What our hearts need most isn’t to “get through this” but bring our longings and our fears to Him. “Oh Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you.” Psalm 38:9 (ESV) The days just after the world shut…
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; James 1:19 (ESV) “What would you say was the best thing I did for you?” Our oldest son was soon be taking off for college across the country, and I couldn’t help asking the question before he…
All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast. (Proverbs 15:15 ESV) “I hate pandemics,” said my 9-year-old nephew. “What’s a pandemic?” said his twin brother. That was after the whole world, including school, had shut down. Somehow twin number two hadn’t grasped all of the details….
I want to be a woman who doesn’t wither away under duress. To be a woman who has faith and preserves her soul. She has a real and gritty faith in God. But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed but of those who have faith and preserve their souls. Hebrews…
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