How Courage is Found in the Everyday

Devotional, Faith

Courage is sometimes getting out of bed. Courage is sometimes making coffee. Courage is sometimes taking a shower. Courage is sometimes speaking TRUTH to the lies. Courage is sometimes believing He is here. Courage has nothing to do with us, but everything to do with God’s presence. While the children of Israel wandered the desert for forty years, God’s presence was KNOWN. It was seen in the pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night. The other…

Sippy Cups And How To Be Empty

Devotional, Faith, Motherhood

Their plastic sippy cups are always on the counter. Ready to be filled.  Everyday. They come, asking me to fill them. So I do. I pour the milk. Again. And again. A house full of kids. A husband with 12 hour shifts. A sinus cold. High temperatures. No leaving the house. I drink my coffee and take some medicine to help, but inside I feel so…..empty. Out of energy. Strength. Patience. Joy. I pray for the LORD to fill me up,…

The First Thing to Say When Doubt is Shouting

Devotional, Faith

A friend wrote me a note last week: Pray for me. I’m struggling with anxiety. She recognized the source of the anxiety was lies, but her heart just felt so worried. I prayed for wisdom, as I typed a quick response. I wrote: Speak truth to your heart. I saw the word lies and realized the only help I could offer her was truth.  And the only source of truth, is God’s Word. When we are surrounded by anxiety and stress,…

When The Tools of Restoration Are Painful

Devotional, Faith

He is so hard working. My husband. And he is always working on something. The man of many talents….the master of none. He jokes he is a master of all. He wakes up slow, not really a morning person. But He loves to work once he is awake. His mind is always moving. Always fiddling with something. In our garage you will find various projects. A colleague of my husband mentioned to mom about Jason during medical school: “We would…