I found this post I drafted just two short weeks before our now four month old little one started to grow inside me. Oh how a matter of days can so drastically change your life – and show God’s faithfulness! This is a very important reminder for me right now. As I await God’s next… Continue reading Meaningful Tears and Answered Cries
For those of you who read my New Year’s post, you know that I made a commitment to post daily. And you also know that this is a commitment I’ve not kept. I think it’s probably a combination of overcommitment and giving in to that pesky thing Pressfield calls resistance. I’m not happy about skipping… Continue reading Resistance is Futile
Picture the situation. You have long been a slave under a ruler of a foreign country when along comes a man who says God has told him to demand the ruler let you go. You are excited and hopeful, right? Well, that is until the ruler responds not by letting you go, but by making your job… Continue reading Listening Through the Pain
This morning, as I was catching up on Twitter, I came across this blog post by Kyle Chowning. I’d seen a number of these quotes as he’d tweeted them yesterday, but the full post got me to thinking even more deeply about fear and faith. It’s interesting to me that the pastor illustrated the point with money. I… Continue reading Fear and Faith
Here we are, 2010. It feels so strange. On one hand I’m so very glad to be rid of 2009, but somehow don’t exactly feel ready for 2010. But I’m trying to hold on to the hope that seems to spring from the start of a new year. The reminder of new mercies, new opportunities,… Continue reading New Year, Old Goal
“I will put my Spirit in you and you will live” -Ezekiel 37:14 The story of Ezekiel seeing the dry bones rise up into an army has been one of my favorite stories for a number of years now. Occasionally, I’ll hear the Spirit whisper, “There’s life in these dry bones yet.” It’s such an amazing infusion… Continue reading Life in the Dry Bones
Love Yourself, Love Your Story 