God is in control. That truth has been life to me this past week so when I saw that Kate chose "control" as the prompt for Five Minute Friday this week, I knew I would need more than five minutes. I wrote the first part in about five minutes; the rest took some pondering. I hope both parts will bless you today. This past week has felt like much longer. In fact, ...
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Not Even THIS Family Was Perfect…So here’s some hope for yours.
I'm sitting here today thinking back over the Christmases we just had. What? You only have one Christmas? Two maybe? For us, Christmas is a marathon of celebration, which is often part of life when you have divorced parents. We spent Christmas Eve with my in-laws, Christmas day here at home, Boxing Day with my mom and Sunday with my dad and his wife. And I'm exhausted. The ...
Encouraging Word Wednesday: Are You Weary?
I don't know about you, but I need more of the Word in my life. More truth. More wisdom. More Jesus. I have hard days; he gives hope. I want to share that hope with you so I thought I'd start a little something new here. Encouraging Word Wednesdays. Regardless of how hectic the week has been, I will share something encouraging from the Word with you on Wednesday. ...
Hate, Hard Questions & The Only Hope We Have
Sitting under the shade of giant acacia trees, I listened to the hearts of hurting people. It was April, 2015, and about a week had passed since terrorists had attacked a university in Garissa, Kenya. People were grieving. They were afraid. Driving down the highway in Nairobi, we could see large, white tents set up for the families of those who had come to the city to ...