Imagine the scene: A man walks slowly through the camp, carrying his tent. One by one, people come outside and watch, all eyes trained on him as he leaves the camp and starts pitching his tent. They watch intently until he enters it. When he does, a cloud comes down and stands at the entrance. In the pillar of cloud is the presence of God. As the people watch, ...
Five Minute Friday
The Power of Remembering Your Purpose
Do you know what happens when you lose sight of your purpose? You often lose sight of your joy, too. There is great power in remembering your purpose. You know, when I'm in the midst of all the madness, working on science projects and cooking dinner and doing dishes and basically trying to keep our little world spinning in the right direction, it can be easy to ...
Five Minute Friday: Slow
We don't want things to move slowly in our world today. If the line at Starbucks takes too long, we're tapping our fingers on the steering wheel, ready to rush off as soon as our coffee's in hand. We expect people to answer our texts as soon as we send them, and heaven forbid if they don't return our calls as quickly as we think they should. Sometimes we even seem to be in ...
What To Do When You Are Weak
This week, I found myself sitting in my driveway crying over a situation I can't control and hurts I can't help. I had done the mama thing and walked outside so my kids wouldn't see the complete meltdown I felt coming. And it did. I hit the pavement and let the tears flow. I was awash in my own weakness, my inability, inadequacy, ineptitude. It hurt, and I needed ...