“What do you want to be when you grow up?” A great question to a child, isn’t it? When this question is brought forth, a child begins to dream. And that dream.. it is limitless. God has abundant futures for EACH of us. But what about today? He doesn’t only create beauty in theContinue reading “Dream”
Category Archives: Jacob’s Ladder Blog
Ask
My kids and I are walking through the book of Exodus right now. After we read Exodus 3 one morning, I asked my 7 year old to pray for us. I had a feeling that he would not want to. As assumed, he squirmed away from this suggestion and offered dozens of other ideas asContinue reading “Ask”
He Wastes Nothing
I grew up in church, but I didn’t understand that God is real and in our day-to-day. I spent my days and weeks sitting in a pew, but I didn’t have a concept of Him working in my life. To me, he was just up in heaven.. watching and waiting. As a teenager I wasContinue reading “He Wastes Nothing”
The God Who Sees
I was reading in Genesis one day when I read this, “When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless”. Those words stuck with me and I couldn’t let them go. If you’re not familiar with the story of Leah, let me catch you up aContinue reading “The God Who Sees”
It was an odd season. For months, I began to have memories or visions randomly throughout the day of things that someone from my past did or said to me that I had blocked out of my mind for years. Impressions that hurt my heart. Memories that were so real, that in that brief momentContinue reading
He Calmed My Storm
At the age of 25, I woke up each morning feeling lost and abandoned into a difficult situation. After a year of desperation, I began to search for God in a new way. I was desperate. I needed something, someone to hold my hand and walk me through this hell on Earth, and I foundContinue reading “He Calmed My Storm”
Trust That He Has Already Figured It Out
Emery and Van were little, around the ages of 1 and 3. I was staying home with my kids but would occasionally take tutoring jobs here and there to help fluff our budget a bit. Unexpectedly, a woman contacted me via e-mail inquiring if I was interested in tutoring her daughters. We had just walkedContinue reading “Trust That He Has Already Figured It Out”
Immoveable Joy
If the World Didn’t Give It, The World Can’t Take It Away It was recently my birthday, and to say that I was honored by those that love me is an understatement. For several weeks I was blessed by gatherings, text messages, gifts, and dinners. This truly was a birthday that will be stored intoContinue reading “Immoveable Joy”
He Never Stopped Pursuing Me
I did not grow up knowing the Lord. I knew of Him, but I didn’t pursue a relationship with him. My family and friends were not Christians, and I always felt that it was a little dorky to be a Christian. My girlfriends and I were about to graduate from Texas Tech and we decidedContinue reading “He Never Stopped Pursuing Me”
My constant questions and impatient requests to hurry ceased to stop the afternoon that I was standing in line at the grocery store with my young children. My 4 year old and 6 year old were counting their change to offer to the clerk for their exciting purchase. They had been saving their offering moneyContinue reading
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