When my now-husband proposed to me, we were on the front porch of my parent’s home and I was not making it easy. I was in sweatpants, ready for a comfortable evening with family. Instead we were outside on the swing, in the cold. He couldn’t seem to get the
HOPE. Isn’t it such a lovely word? An English dictionary definition tells me it’s a feeling of expectation, a desire for something to happen. But, oh, how it is so much more. As I’ve been thinking of hope recently, I’ve realized how much I use this word in conversation, but
Last year I lost two dear friends within three months of each other. One passed away after a years-long battle with cancer, leaving behind his wife and four children. My other friend passed away suddenly in a tragic car accident, leaving behind his wife and two young children. Both were
Is it just me, or does loss come in threes? Or maybe fours? It seems that whenever I’ve experienced a significant loss, it’s not long until another one follows. Loss has a way of cutting us deep, of sucking our hope and our joy and any excitement for the future.
“Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the Lord.” –Psalm 31:24 Do you have a telephone voice? Maybe you talk differently to different people, depending on who it is or where you are. When I lived in London, the people I lived with knew when I was talking
I have noticed myself succumbing to patterns of apathy recently. Feeling like I have been walking through life to the hums of this world, letting anxiety affect my personhood and my purpose. I miss witnessing the truth wage war and win against the lies and gloom. I miss feeling the
I sat at my sister in law’s table with great anticipation. That afternoon, she showed me the bountiful harvest of blackberries that had grown in her garden that year. Now I was about to sample the sweet fruit in a cobbler that she had lovingly prepared and placed in the
“Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance, character, and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” –Romans 5:3–5 As I
Our newest Bible study, Enduring Hope, begins on Monday! We would LOVE to have you join us!!! Grab your journal here and dive into our introduction below! Hope can be a tricky thing. It can give us great joy, or we can experience great disappointment when it is not fulfilled.
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