How My Son and a ‘99 Jeep Wrangler Taught Me about Faith After coming home late from a basketball game, my husband walked into the bedroom. “I have to tell you something,” he said smiling. He sat down on the edge of the bed. “It happened while we were driving home tonight.” It had been a stormy night with gusts of powerful wind, lightning, thunder, and a downpour of rain. To add to the stress, my husband was driving a…
Finding God’s Presence In Unexpected Trials Today’s guest post about finding God’s presence in unexpected trials was written by my sweet friend Tara. I remember standing in the hallway of the ER. It was New Year’s Eve, and I was surrounded by people. I wasn’t at the family gathering I had planned on attending. Instead, our family was huddled together trying to gather comfort from each other’s presence. We heard the words there is a shadow on your husband’s brain…
When Life Just Doesn’t Turn Out Like We Planned The night my kids went back to school I cried. Before you say “that’s normal” you need to know a little bit about the circumstances. My children are ages 15, 13, 11, 10, and 8. This isn’t our first year of “back to school”, but this is the first year I’m sending most of them (our special needs daughter will still be homeschooling with me) to a Christian school! The night…
Why I Wanted Brown Eyes Like Amy Carmichael When I was little I wanted brown eyes like Amy Carmichael. I can still see the pictures from my childhood of Amy’s life while my mom stood up in our Sunday school class retelling her story. As a little girl Amy had brown eyes but wished for beautiful blue eyes. After she grew up and moved to India as a missionary she realized God had given her brown eyes for a reason….