What Happens When God Disrupts Our Plans? You would assume being a missionary’s wife I would know all about a trusting in unknown times. But God still has (LOTS OF) lessons for me to learn. Three months after moving to Honduras our plans were disrupted. COVID shifted our world and suddenly we found ourselves without a “job.” We had planned to fly surgeons from the U.S. to help minister to the people in our city. Travel stopped and suddenly we…
How God Is In Our Loneliness Have you ever woken up knowing that your life is full of things you love, and yet your enthusiasm is lacking? Has your heart ever felt heavy and ‘blah’ even though you’re blessed with loved ones, neighbors, and friends? Loneliness. It can happen when you spend your days surrounded by little people (or big people), only to go to bed, wake up, and repeat. The routines of life can sometimes pull us down. Often,…
Can We Really Trust God to Provide? A few months ago God taught me a lesson in provision. One night we sat the third empty bottle of water by the door. The water truck hasn’t been by, so we are running low. We have one more bottle with water in it. Two months ago I would have panicked and made plans to disobey the curfew to go get water. Well, I would have sent Jason out to get water. I…
Knowing God Through the Psalms One night around 2am, with shaky hands and tears running down my cheeks, I struggled to believe the truth I had always known. God led my husband to reach over, turn on his light, and pick up his Bible. He turned to Psalm 46 and read this psalm to me. “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Focusing on who God is turned out to be exactly what my heart…