“I am going to ask you to do something, and if you will be obedient, it will be a gateway to bigger blessings than you can even imagine.” God (September 2023) It’s been just over a year since I so clearly heard God speak those words to my heart. It’s been a year of challenging…
I had lunch with a friend today. Part of my goal for 2024 is to build community, to find like-minded friends with whom I can walk through this season of life. A couple of weeks ago, I reached out to a friend I hadn’t seen in several years. We scheduled lunch, and it was such…
I was reading through the book of Acts this week and was struck by something I had never seen before: Moses was taught all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in both speech and action. Acts 7:12 Do you see what I see? Moses was powerful in speech and action. Wow. If I…
In the midst of my darkest days, I heard the sweet whisper of my Savior’s voice: “Get your security from me.” You see, in those days I was walking through an ugly divorce, and I was running toward a man–a man who made me feel special and loved and alive. It was a balm to…
“When you can’t see His hand, trust His heart.” This quote hangs on my wall near my living room as a daily reminder that our God is always at work, even when we can’t see it. I can look back over my life and see all the ways He was working in the background when…
We are on the cusp of a new year, filled with 365 brand new days. A new beginning. A fresh start. New opportunities. Full of promise. New mercies every single day. These last two years have been difficult for so many. We’ve seen so much pain, so much loss, so much division. Many of us…
Divorce will always break my heart…just as it breaks my Father’s heart.
God has called me to make some changes, and I am trusting Him to take care of the details.
Have you ever been in a season of life where things just didn’t seem to be going the way you expected? A season where all of your hopes and dreams just seemed to crumble?
As I have contemplated how to trust God in the unexpected, I’ve found four words that are helping me.
A few years ago, I took my kids to the circus. It was the first time they had ever been to a circus, and they were SO excited. They sat transfixed as the lions and tigers and bears entered the ring, led by their trainers. They laughed—belly-laughed—as the clowns acted like clowns. They sat transfixed…
So I pray. And I trust. And I lean. And I cry. And I pray some more.
And I remember my God is faithful…always and forever.