How to Savor Change My son was crying again. We had discussed the move, and he just couldn’t handle it. He left the table and went to the living room. He just sat on the couch with the silent tears rolling down his cheeks. My sweet, sensitive boy who likes to play sports and wrestle on the floor was hurting. It was evident when we would talk about moving. He would clam up, get mad, and run to hide. Although…
Five Ways God Never Changes Harvest. To reap. A gathering of crops. A verb and a noun. When I think of harvesting, I think of gathering and taking. I think of the plants who worked so hard for the past season to grow, nurture, and mature the fruit. Suddenly, its time to let go. Harvest is a season of change. A season from going to sparse to plenty. From having nothing to having everything. I don’t live in a culture…
Eleven Reasons Why We Can Praise God What if God is calling you to something super hard? God has definitely called me (and our entire family) to something SUPER hard. We announced big changes last week. But I’m not the only one who has every faced big changes or a big calling. In fact, God has shown me some amazing truths as my Bible study girls and I have been walking through Genesis. At first I wasn’t sure whether I…
Set Fire to Fear by PAUSING When God spoke the sun into being, did the fire burn slow and get bigger and bigger into the flame it is now? Or did it burst forth into a fireball of beauty, light, and life-giving warmth? When God spoke the sun in creation on that fourth day, what kind of light existed before it? Sometimes these deep questions find me here in my ordinary days. On the days when mornings come early and…