Author Archives: andrea8979
Eyes on the Prize
It’s honesty time! My goal for this month is not to write just anything, but to write things that will administer grace to the reader. I’m afraid I can’t do that without sharing some of my recent experiences, all of which require some good old-fashioned gut-level honesty. So here we go. I had lunch with … Continue reading
When Autumn Leaves Start to Fall
Thirty-one days hath December. Consider this post 1 of 31. I’m challenging myself to share my heart here every day this month in the hopes of honoring Jesus, the Word made flesh to dwell among us, Emmanuel. I begin with a quote from Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot. I read P&P when I was in college. I … Continue reading
Dwell Among Us
Just a quick note to share something I learned last night. Here’s the verse, 2 Corinthians 10:5: We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. I memorized this verse long ago, and I love this image … Continue reading
False Start
I enrolled Olivia in 4K at a private school for the 2012-2013 school year. Her birthday falls after the state’s you-have-to-be-five-by-this-date cutoff, but I just had it in my head that she needed to start this year. I was one of those younger-than-everyone-around-me kids in school, and I felt like she needed to have that … Continue reading
‘Cause Sheep is What We Are
A few weeks ago, I opened a book by Kay Arthur that takes Psalm 23 and breaks it out into individual devotional-type readings. I love Kay Arthur, and I’m a huge fan of the Psalms, so I figured we were on solid ground here. And we were. Until page 9, when she says this: “Sheep … Continue reading
Where it All Began
Today is a special day. It’s also a normal day, in that I went to the office, answered emails, worked on projects, picked Olivia up, grocery shopped, cooked and had one or two mommy meltdowns as Liv marred random items in our household. But today is special. It’s June 28th. On this day, fourteen years … Continue reading
All Thick With Grace
About two weeks ago, I wrote about pain and wounds and tragedy and how I felt all of those things had maimed me. Almost as soon as I hit ‘Publish’, I felt a check in my spirit, asking the question: is this really what you want to be true of what you’ve experienced? And is … Continue reading
Lamentations
I don’t weep for the lost relationship anymore. I weep for the loss of wholeness. For this new brokenness in me that feels like it will never again be mended. My sister asks me if I’ve seen a cheesy Christian rom com that she just loves, and the next thing I know, I’m leaning over … Continue reading
The Breaking Point
“God will never give you more than you can handle.” I’ve heard it. You’ve heard it. I’ve said it. You’ve probably said it. I don’t say it anymore. See, I don’t think it’s Scripturally sound. (It actually takes me quite a bit of nerve to admit that in wide-open web-space.) Now, I know that the … Continue reading
A Different Kind of Anniversary
I thought my dreams had come true. I thought I had finally found it. Even when it became harder to believe that this was anywhere close to being what I’d always dreamed of, I dug my heels in hard and refused to abandon those hopes that came so easily in the beginning. That’s what I … Continue reading