{Part 2} When We Don’t Know the Future

Part 2 of a 4 Part Series entitled The God Who Knows  The God Who Knows My Future    When I think about the physics and mystics, I have to admit I have a Hollywood version whirling around in my mind. The gypsy-like women in golden bangles, long dark hair, beads in the doorway and smoke swirling around a crystal ball. I did a little real-life research. Did you know the fortune telling industry in the United States was a two…

How to Be Intentional When Life is Crazy

Summertime is usually our calm-time. We spend our morning relaxing and chilling before we head to the pool. This summer, on the other hand, is going to look a little bit different. This month we are traveling to China to bring home our fifth child, a little boy only two-years old. We have decided this is the summer we will not get to do the “same old things.” In fact, I’m not quite sure what this summer will look like….

When Summer and Motherhood Mix

I’m so honored to have my friend Keri share her heart with you today. I always walk away from her words with hope in my soul. It is a funny mixture, summer and motherhood. You put them together and get this beautiful, chaotic picture. When I look back on my childhood summers, I have such fond memories of popsicles, swimming in Lake Michigan, bike rides, and playing outside as long as our parents would let us. Our days were carefree…

{Part 1} When God Seems Far

Part 1 of a 4 Part Series entitled The God Who Knows The God Who Knows My Present  O Lord, You have searched me and known me.  You know my sitting down and my rising up;  You understand my thought afar off. Psalm 139:1-2 The present is the now. I have been living my days for the past two years in the present. With a special need’s child and mothering, I’ve been struck with the glorious ordinary. The daily is somewhere…