His body was broken. Literally. We listened to the emergency room doctor as he described the state of my husband’s shoulder, which was now in too many pieces to count. One small misstep on winter’s ice and a nasty fall had shattered not only bones, but also the next
We called it the Faith Course. Every summer, I’d hop on a bus to chaperone another group of girls from our youth group at summer camp. They played big ball volleyball on the sand court and wrestled over a greased watermelon in the lake. Those adventurous girls got bruised, but
After waiting hundreds of years, the promised Messiah finally arrived in the darkest of times. Unrest, fear, and death would adequately describe the time in history God chose to fulfill His 700-year-old promise to the Jews and give them their much-awaited Savior. I’m reminded when reading Isaiah that God does
In that day you will say: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted. Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of
There it hung in all of its whimsical glory, with its pastel colors and carefree rainbows tempting the likes of my eight year-old free-spirited girl. It was back-to-school time, and I had promised her a fun day out – just the two of us – plus a new outfit to
“Remember that one time when we were shopping and you lost Chase?” My kids are so generous to remind me of this stuff. They were 8, 7, 4, and 2 and it was two days before Christmas. I know, I know… December 23rd is not the day to power shop
Ecclesiastes 1:17 And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind. We all have a desire to be wise. We like to understand how things work, to be able to answer questions, to make
Jehovah Jireh. Yes, He is our provider, but there are times when Christians think this means health, wealth, happiness, ease and comfort. And this line of thinking leads me to ask the question: What about my neighbor here in Uganda, whose husband skips out when it’s time to pay school
Talk about tension, man. For a girl who would prefer to end every discussion with a group hug and the phrase, “Hey, can’t we all just get along?,” this first week in Galatians is a good reminder that sometimes solutions to life’s heated disagreements aren’t quite that easy. Bummer. God himself knows that
I’ll be really honest with you – I can tell when I haven’t been in God’s Word like I should. Stress and fears begin to cloud my mind and instead of meditating on Scripture, I begin meditating on the “what ifs” of life. The focus of my life begins to