A little over a year ago a series of events set me on a journey to explore what Jesus meant in John 10:10 when He said that He came to bring us "abundant life." The first part of the verse talks about how Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I was witnessing that destruction… Continue reading Abundant Life Bible Study – Now Available!
The last few months have been rough. Just as spring break started (which normally kicks off of the easier half of Spring semester), we unfortunately experienced the loss of one of our students at the university where I work. It feels impossible to put into words how that situation and many other challenges one after another in… Continue reading A Summer of Joy! {Free Printable}
I love my life. It's true. I love the way I get to use the gifts and experiences and skills God gave me in my work each day. I love all the little kids in my life including two nieces and six other godchildren along with their siblings, cousins, and friends' kids who bring me… Continue reading Contentment and Longing
The title of this blog post alone is enough to send some of our hearts racing and palms sweating (mine included). We live in a “Failure is not an option!” world, but I’m starting to think maybe it is. Even more, I sometimes wonder if it might be the BEST option. We live in a… Continue reading Choosing Failure
Trust. This is the word that rises to the surface as I read through Job. It takes trust to fall to your knees in grief and worship there after receiving the news of the death of your children. It takes trust to get up and move forward each day after that. It takes trust to… Continue reading Reflections on Job: Yet I will trust Him
It's easy for me to read through a book like Exodus and kind of wonder: "How couldn't they see it?!?" God's provision, protection, and guidance are so clear chapter after chapter. From protecting Moses as a baby to grand things like splitting a sea in two or food appearing out of thin air day after… Continue reading Reflections on Exodus
Joy is a facinating thing to me. I don't quite understand it and am thankful that it is a fruit of the Spirit's work in my life and not something I have to muster up on my own. But until recently I think that's how I treated it...as something I must make happen. People would… Continue reading Sunday Joy: I Choose Joy
Okay, so I agree today's blog title is a little weird, but stick with me. How often have you found yourself in a situation where you were looking at what other people's lives looked like and either: 1. Wished your life looked more like their's or 2. Were secretly thanking God your life doesn't look… Continue reading Giving Up Looking at Other People’s Grass
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The American Dream, right? While I am so thankful to life in a country with considerably more freedom than many in the world, I sometimes wonder if our lofty ideals actually make us sell ourselves short. What I find most interesting about these "rights" found in our Declaration… Continue reading Giving up the Pursuit of Happiness
I have a lot of friends who are hurting this Christmas season. Broken...abused...challenged...confused. Each day as I am reminded of their situations and prompted to pray, one thing I pray for, is joy. We hear that word through many Christmas songs... especially "Joy to the World" but what about when joy doesn't seem to come… Continue reading Repeat the Sounding Joy
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