“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.” Isaiah 9:2 Darkness came to the people of Israel when the Assyrians took them into captivity. The northern kingdom of Israel was never restored and
I know a mama… who’s desperately praying over a hospital bed today, where her fragile boy lays working hard to mend his severely broken heart. Yesterday marked surgery number nine in his three short years. While he’s battled courageously time and time again, there is a lifetime of mountains still
Nineveh was a wicked, wicked city full of people who were known for their cruelty in war (Nahum 2:12-13), evil plots against God (Nahum 1:9), and exploitation of the weak (Nahum 2:12)…and Jonah hated them. Have you ever hated someone or a group of people so much you didn’t even
The lies began to fill my head the moment my toes touched the sand. You know you don’t look that good in your swimming suit this year. Those extra pounds you’ve gained since last summer are really starting to show. Don’t you know your value is in your appearance? Your
“Up from the grave He arose!” I closed my eyes as I sung the words from the depths of my soul, and I could hear my momma’s off-key voice so clearly that she might as well have been sitting right next to me. All of those Easter Sundays growing up, she’d belt
I love this time of year. January is a month for new beginnings, restarts, new goals, and yearly resolutions…which, if I’m honest, I always struggle to keep. It’s a time for looking over the previous year and reflecting on the good, the bad and yes…even the ugly. A time to
Welcome to our Christmas study called His Name Is… As we begin to prepare our hearts for the amazing upcoming Christmas season, this year we are going to slow things down some here at Love God Greatly and for the next 4 weeks, we will be sharing shorter devotionals each
“Mama, look!” My six-year-old squealed as she ran into the kitchen carrying her lopsided pumpkin. It was an easy going Saturday morning. As I cleaned up from a late breakfast, my husband and our girls were headed outside to carve their pumpkins. My baby girl came over to the table
Every study I try to write a weekly letter to my girls in the notes portion of our #LoveGodGreatly journals. For me, it’s a way of going back over what God taught me in His Word the previous week, as well as an exercise in summarizing what I learned and
Ever since I was a little girl I’ve loved shows and movies about time travel. I love thinking about what it would have been like to be one of the thousands of people in the crowd when Jesus fed the 5,000 and heard Him speak. I love envisioning the scene