Some of us are finding it more difficult to readily offer thanks this time of the year because... LIFE IS HARD. My husband and I are facing a very difficult circumstance of job loss right now. We have no direction, although we have prayed and prayed and poured out our hearts to the One we know can change our circumstances in a second. Waiting is the most difficult thing to learn to do … [Read more...] about Remember
Archives for November 2012
For Aliyah Rose
To My Darling Aliyah, One year ago today, Jesus revealed one of the greatest gifts He has ever given to our family in your birth. You have touched me in ways I cannot begin to describe. You have taught me so much about how the Lord loves precious, pure hearts. Your daddy has been crazy, absolutely crazy, about you from the moment you arrived. It has been such an awesome thing to see him … [Read more...] about For Aliyah Rose
A Beautiful Need
I love to be self-reliant. To a fault. I went away to a mission boarding school for the first time in seventh grade when I was twelve. In between me and my family were 600 miles and a dense jungle that could not be traversed except by airplane - a four hour trip through the clouds. A fellow MK from my area and I, because of our small size, would be squeezed into the back of the Caravan where … [Read more...] about A Beautiful Need
Election Day Psalm
Restore us again, O God our Savior, and put away your displeasure toward us. 5 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger through all generations? 6 Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? 7 Show us your unfailing love, O Lord, and grant us your salvation. 8 I will listen to what God the Lord will say; he … [Read more...] about Election Day Psalm
The Struggle of Wanting to Be Someone Else
Have you ever wished you were someone else? I have struggled tremendously this year with wishing I was someone else as a speaker. If I am funny, it is not because humor just rolls of my tongue. I have agonized over wishing the Lord had not called me to such serious subjects like jealousy or forgiveness. Those subjects can be hard for women to face. I have wished that I was anyone but … [Read more...] about The Struggle of Wanting to Be Someone Else