We spent a good bit of last year in a season of lots of questions.  Lots of doubting if we did the right or wrong thing at the right or wrong time. There's one particular situation that's still just mind-boggling.  We did exactly what we felt like God told us to do.  Over and over we asked the Lord to guide our steps and help us, and He showed up time and time again.  We saw a life being changed. And as suddenly as it started, it all fell apart. This person we were helping decided to Continue Reading

Confession: I wrote an entire post in January of this year with all of my goals for 2019.  That's how long it's been since I published a single blog post.  For a million reasons I could share, but mostly because of fear.  Fear that no one wants to read anything I write.  Fear that I can't keep up.  Fear that I'll open myself and my family up to scrutiny and that it will crush me.  FEAR. But do you know what fear is?  Fear is a liar.  We sing about fear pretty often in church, and anytime it Continue Reading

I know, I know.  I'm late with this post.  I mean, it's the middle of January. But I'm choosing to post this thing "late" instead of not at all.  This is progress for the perfectionist in me. Most of the issue is that I just couldn't figure it out.  I have only had a word 2 other years in my life, and if I'm honest they sounded good, but I didn't do much with them.  But this year felt different.  It felt (and feels) important, so I kept looking and asking. I recently had a night with Continue Reading

Tuesday mornings are what I call our "slow" mornings.  We have a fairly busy schedule this school year, but on Tuesday mornings we don't have to get up and go.  I've started making an effort NOT to schedule anything that requires the hustle of morning.  I'm not sure the boys care so much, but I sure do :). On Tuesdays I usually do my "quiet time" while the boys eat breakfast.  Whether that's completing the Bible Study I'm in at my church or journaling and reading the Bible, or some Continue Reading

A while ago, I had a beautiful encounter with The Lord.  I wrote about it in my journal, and haven't been able to get it off my mind ever since.  Over and over again, I sense a reminder of this lesson I learned on my living room floor. I woke up on this particular day, feeling like God wanted to speak to me. Honestly, I was tired, and a little grumpy. But I knew I needed to pull myself up from the funk, so I took a shower and listened to some worship music. When I got out, the boys were Continue Reading