Distant

You’re wandering.  You’ve been trying to find your path but every time you feel like you’re on your feet, you stumble or a boulder blocks your journey. You’re navigating your way through a trying season. For most of your life you have found God near, always by your side. But lately you can’t see himContinue reading “Distant”

Molten Chocolate Cake

You know what I love about Jesus?  He doesn’t give gifts according to what we DESERVE.  We are all sinners and we don’t deserve any of the good gifts that he offers us, yet he gives them because he GENUINELY LOVES us.  I was once working alongside a woman that I was ministering to whomContinue reading “Molten Chocolate Cake”

Living Word

I grew up knowing that I should be reading my Bible but I rarely did so. It was a discipline that I wanted to start, needed to start, but couldn’t quite put into routine. It wasn’t until I entered a new season as a mom that I decided to begin this practice of reading myContinue reading “Living Word”

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”

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”

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”