Learning to Seek, Find and Abide in the Lord
If your heart has ever yearned to know God more, to walk together with him on the path he’s laid for your life – if Jesus’ promise to abide in you as you abide in him makes you long for that rest and security – then you, my friend, are in the right place. I’m right here with you on this journey! God has been teaching me so much that he wants me to share with you. I haven’t “arrived”, but I’m learning. I’m so happy you’re here to learn with me!
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Your Colt for the King (Holy Week, Palm Sunday)
It’s Sunday. You’re home, preparing for the big holiday dinner coming later this week. There’s a lot of traffic outside, so you almost don’t hear the knock on the door. When you get to it, there’s a couple of weather-worn working guys, a little rough-looking, standing there. One of them is untying your donkey and her colt…
Your Colt for the King (Holy Week, Palm Sunday)
It’s Sunday. You’re home, preparing for the big holiday dinner coming later this week. There’s a lot of traffic outside, so you almost don’t hear the knock on the door. When you get to it, there’s a couple of weather-worn working guys, a little rough-looking, standing there. One of them is untying your donkey and her colt…
How to Win an Argument
Last night, our daughter (kindergarten) told us she thought she was making people sad, that she wasn’t good but bad. She said that her friends don’t want to be her friends anymore and they don’t want to play with her. Naturally, we were just a tad concerned. She is a bright, sweet, generous soul who loves people and wants to be friends with everyone…
Finish What He Started
I tend to have a problem with completion. I’m an all-or-nothing type of girl; if I can’t complete it, or can’t have it completely, I think I might as well not bother. I’d rather skip the journey and get right to the destination. And yet, I have an embarrassing number of projects in various stages of un-finish in my house (and in my life)…
Remember… and Live Abundantly
It’s finally spring here in Michigan! We’re seeing buds on the trees and flowers blooming in our gardens. There are finally green shoots peeking up, promising new life. That’s what we love to celebrate in spring, isn’t it? New life! Spring is the year’s new beginning, everything starting again fresh and new. As believers we celebrate new and eternal life because of Easter…
Our Purpose – God’s Way
At twenty, I knew my purpose in life. I was going to be an artist, maybe own an art supply store. I was going to get married soon out of college, have six kids, and sit on the wrap-around-porch of a big farmhouse out in the country watching those kids play on our land. I’m not sure how those two dreams fit together, but there you go. It was my Purpose…
What Easter Really Means: Justice
Justice and mercy. At first those things seem mutually exclusive. Dichotomies. But they are not! You can’t have love without justice. God loves us, but God’s justice prevents us from being with him – except for Jesus on the cross.
Today is Good Friday. It seems like a bit of a misnomer, doesn’t it? I mean, today we’re remembering the death of Jesus…
What Easter Really Means: Forgiveness
I have often heard the phrase “forgiveness isn’t free”. Freely given, but not free. I see it often in my own relationships, perhaps most clearly with my daughter. She’s six, and as perfect as can be (I’m not biased or anything). Still, despite the perfection, I frequently find my anger triggers tripped. Over and over…
When You’re Not Enough
Smart enough. Pretty enough. Talented enough. Enough time, enough money, enough ______. You fill in the blank. So many voices whisper “You’re not good enough,” or “You don’t have enough.” Maybe scream is a better word, really. The explosion of social media has only made these voices louder. Scroll through your Facebook feed…
When Less is Not More
I intentionally avoid the news. Too much bad nearly breaks me – I’m one of those highly-sensitive types. But the news still finds me. With every school shooting or police officer death or racial-tension-fueled hate crime, my heart breaks, and I feel so small. So small in a big, big world full of ugly. Too small to be of any account…
Rules for God’s Daughters: Part 6
We’ve made it to the final six points of our list of “Rules for God’s Daughters”! You can read all about the inspiration for this list in “Rules for God’s Daughters: Part 1”. So to recap: This list really resonates with me as the mom of a young daughter. But it also set off some warning bells. The Bible says to “test everything”…
