Lately, I’ve been struggling with a divided heart. I have been approaching a season where I have needed to decide…Am I in? No more dipping my toe in the water. It’s either jump in or walk away. The question being…Should I do what I believe He is asking? Should I pursue a conviction which sounds a little like a pipe dream??? And if I should…
A few weeks ago, I bumped into a friend and we started talking about Lysa Terkherust’s new book It’s Not Suppose To Be This Way. With tears streaming down her face, she laughed and said…Why didn’t I write that book? I smiled and said…Amen sister! I think there are a lot of us who could have written that book! The truth is life is hard. Somewhere along…
A couple of weeks ago we dug into Genesis 37 at church, the story of Joseph. Like many of you, this wasn’t the first time I had read Genesis 37. But like God, He still pointed out something new. I was confronted once again with imperfections. Jacob was on his own road to sanctification. And like me, he had yet to arrive. God had chosen Jacob…
There are some secrets, some burdens, some hurts which leave us at a loss. The only way to process them is to give them back to Him. To exchange our hurt for His presence. To exchange our burdens for His promises. To exchange our secrets for intimacy with Him.
Learning to navigate the tension between stewarding all God has entrusted to me and margin. Leaving enough margin in my life to be available to love everybody, always.
Jennifer has lived in the same house for the past ten years. As life goes, it became time for a change. They put a sign in the yard. They sealed the deal. This Christmas, Jennifer’s family began to anticipate the impending transition with joy and sadness. Joy for a dream fulfilled, but sadness as she realized she would be leaving a house she loved and neighbors…
