Five Ways God is Our Home More than anything I wanted to belong. I see it even now in the eyes of my children as they enter a new school. They all want to belong. To fit in and be known. They want to be accepted and loved. Among their peers they want to be safe and secure in their place. Isn’t that what we all want? I remember being young and not having a place to fit in. It…
3 Things to Think About When You Look Back Stepping into the future with hope means we have found a home in God. It also means we look back and remember all God has done for us. Our story isn’t over, but by looking at Moses’s story we can take comfort in knowing that ultimately the story isn’t about us. Record where God has you today. Then look back to where He has already led you. In remembering we can…
Three Things God Already Knows In 2020 we all watched the news unfold about a new virus. Plans were canceled. Countries were closed. Flights landed and never took off again. People lost so much. Their jobs, their loved ones, and security. In so much uncertainty I remember wondering how this would change my own life. Turns out it shifted everything on the outside and even shifted something inside of me as well. Only a few years prior to this our…
What Depression Taught Me I remember her pancakes. And her klondike bars. The dark red armchair and her distaste for animals in the house. My grandmother was an amazing woman and I always remember her during this time of year. October 31, 2010, she passed away. For the past thirteen years I’ve walked through the grief of losing someone and her death was a catalyst for depression to enter my life. I remember telling my husband one night, “If I…