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In life we have innumerable choices we can make. Some are important and others are simpler—yet one of the most important is how we choose to respond to life’s circumstances. I will be the first to tell you that I was the emotional child of the family—the kid who made sure the entire house knew […]

I’m a visual person. But not in the way you’re thinking. Perhaps there is a term for it that I’m unaware of—but my form of visual learning comes through words that create pictures. It is no shock to me as I tend to view and see things in this way. Perhaps it is a way […]

“I want to be broken over the sins of my heart. I wish I grieved over them more—even the little sins.” A friend said this to me recently and I have been pondering her words ever since. She was concerned about the casualness of her heart toward those sins we deem “small.” Her reasoning? Not […]

But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up in him for eternal life.” – John 4:14 (CSB) I stare at the mess, dreading the next several hours of my day. The laundry […]

You will keep the mind that is dependent on You in perfect peace, for it is trusting in You. –Isaiah 26:3 The phone rang and I knew. As my friend’s voice broke through the long silence after my hello, I knew the news of cancer had plagued her. I struggled to find words of comfort […]

Now this is what the Lord says—the One who created you, Jacob, and the One who formed you, Israel—“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine. –Isaiah 43:1 Whether letting go of that tiny hand as your little one takes his first step, the bike as he […]

For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— his name is the LORD of Armies.  I have put my words in your mouth, and covered you in the shadow of my hand, in order to plant the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, “You are my people.”  Isaiah […]

A disturbing video crossed my phone screen this weekend. It was a video of a Bible being kicked and thrown, torn and abused. Other awful things were done to the Holy Word of God and I had to turn the video off, shaking slightly from anger and from hurt. Why did it so affect me? […]

You know those funny moments when you’re trying to explain a memory to someone, and they tend to just stare back like a deer in headlights? It usually ends in a giggle and a “had to be there” comment! Well, today, I’m going to do my absolute best to work you through an episode of […]

Well, I am back to a blank page.  Do you ever type out 500 words then stop and take a deep breath and hit the delete button – on all of it?  That’s what I just did. I wish I could sit down with each of you and share this with you in person.  We […]