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O Come, All You Unfaithful When I first heard this song, “O Come, All You Unfaithful,” four years ago I was undone. It was the perfect song for my heartache during Christmastime. It was 2020. Four years later, I’ve experienced a lot more heartache and sadness. The hardest part is that the world still seems so broken. When my playlist randomly landed on this song I began to weep. The words start out this way: O come, all you unfaithful…
Three Ways We Grow While Life Feels Stuck In 2015 we brought a little girl home from China whose special needs were not what we had planned. It took months (years?) for us to see God’s hand in all of that. We walk away from that adoption experience with a stronger faith. I can say that now, but at the time it was not evident that anything (let alone faith) was even growing. Isn’t that like how things grow anyway?…
Three Truths about the Holy Spirit One of the beautiful things about the Bible is that you can read it over and over again. Throughout the years of studying and reading my Bible I am always surprised (although I shouldn’t be) that it speaks to me fresh and new in seasons I need it. The other day I was reading the account of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and her encounter with the angel. In her home, in the quiet…
Waiting for God to Fix Things I just wanted God to fix it. I believed He could. I’m sure He wanted to, but I couldn’t find a reason why He just wouldn’t fix it. I couldn’t find a reason why He would deny my prayer and not act. In my limited perspective I just didn’t understand. I had this need and God could fill it! The longer He failed to “fix it” the more I started to doubt His love…