Hearing His voice
Coming Out of Hiding
My heart has been slowly petrifying, inch by rocky inch, for quite some time now. At first, it was just numb. Then, right as it started to soften and feel again, chaos entered our lives with an untamed fury. I tried to keep up with the chaos as best as I could, but it was … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
When the Path is Daunting
It was a difficult time. I was young, and everything I’d grown up believing was being passed through a giant sifter – wheat landing on this side, chaff landing on that…only the wheat and the chaff, they were parts of my own heart. So much insecurity, so much fear, so much learning what it meant … Continue reading
What do you say about me?
Several years ago, I read a book by Brennan Manning that forced me to ask myself what I really thought about God. What did I really believe about Him, specifically as He related to me? My answer was so very grim, and God’s amazingly gracious response altered my life. I’ve always been so grateful that … Continue reading