Making Each Day a Bit Brighter
“Often, we do everything but pray. We tend to want something more “substantial.” Even studying the Bible, going to church, talking to the pastor, or receiving counsel seems more tangible than prayer. What victory the enemy has in winning us over to prayerlessness! He would rather we do anything than pray. He’d rather see us serve… Continue reading
Shhh! This is a surprise for my husband. It is the first little shirt I bought for our to-be-adopted son. You see, I am 27 months pregnant and I haven’t bought a thing. There has been this hesitation inside me. When you are adopting from Haiti, as we are, there is this long, difficult wait.… Continue reading
There are times when we feel like this life has gotten the best of us. We feel defeated. We feel afraid. We feel discouraged. We feel like we don’t know what to do. We don’t know where to turn. We’ve gotten ourselves into such a bind that we don’t know how we’ll ever get out.… Continue reading
Not long ago, we were on a family road trip when we came upon an unexpected delay. The road closure did not appear on our google map and therefore, we sat for endless hours in our SUV. Naturally, this resulted in much complaining, whining and unsolicited comments like “Are we there yet?” How we handle… Continue reading
Dry. Like a barren desert scorched from the heat. Cracks spread widely from the lack of rain. Empty. A feeling of dissatisfaction with life. A void, regardless of many attempts, you are unable to fill. Parched. Your being feels in every ounce of your soul a desire to be refreshed. Your extremities ache within to hear,… Continue reading
We hear we are a “new creation in Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:17), but what does that actually mean? How do we change who we are? “Throughout Scripture, God was in the habit of giving people new names. Some notable examples are changing Abram to Abraham, Sarai to Sarah, and Jacob to Israel. In the New… Continue reading