Winter is here, and I’m unsure where Fall went I blinked, and it was gone. Now snowflakes as big as quarters fall from the sky and anyone denying Winter’s grasp must admit defeat. The trees around our home have embraced the chill. They are dumping all their leaves in preparation for a season of internal…
6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor when…
I have had a week, where nothing went as planned, and when I say as planned, I mean my plans. You know, how we go about planning our days and our weeks without much thought until the roadblocks start popping up causing us to stop and pause. Like a train running off the tracks, this…
Winter has come, and the slight brisk chill of the morning has been replaced with a hard freeze. Some mornings it’s hard to prepare to step outside, the warm fire crackling and snuggling children beckoning me to stay just a moment longer. Life is like that too, we cannot always stay in the warmth, sometimes…
The other day as my head hit the pillow and my lungs released a desperate sigh of exhaustion, I was struck with profound sadness. The day had been so long, the demands high. I struggled and failed to find balance most of the day felt like treading water and, a few times, like drowning. In…
I saw the most glorious mountain range this morning for the first time; on a highway, I have traveled for decades. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Psalms 19:1 Right there, traveling 65 mph God brought me into his presence and it was breathtaking. The sleepy…
I just got back from our Women’s retreat, and it was wonderful to catch up with friends and fellowship. I did not plan to attend the retreat this year, as an overachieving introvert I find lots of excuses to back out of social opportunities. Guilty as charged. But I was asked to speak and although…
It has been a busy week; I pause from packing my 7-year-old daughter and I’s things to write. We are leaving shortly for a 6-hour drive to another state where she will have eye surgery tomorrow, with the goal to turn back on vision in her left eye. I write this while my prayer alarm…
Just between you and me in my heart of hearts, I have always carried a different view of God and Jesus. Jesus as he is described in the New Testament; God as he is described in chunks of the Old Testament. If I am confessing, I saw Jesus as the buffer between me and my…
There is a storm coming the air is charged with anticipation. The animals on our farm know the storm is coming, their behavior has shifted they are more vigilant, and they forage and graze with intention knowing the storm might limit these activities for a spell. Yet on my farm none of the animals stand…