It’s Ok Not to Be Ok *This devotional first appeared on Living by Design. The day started off wrong. My alarm didn’t go off, and my children were awake before the coffee had started brewing. I was already frustrated, and I didn’t even know why. With small children, the house is filled with laughter and joy, but also work and messes. What I wish someone would have told me those years ago was this: It’s okay not to be okay. …
How to Show Up for Your Friends One of the most beautiful things about living this life of community is friendship. I’ll be the first to admit that friendships will ebb and flow and some will last and some will not. Those friendships that fall away, for whatever reason, are still beautiful. Even those friendships that were only there for a season are valuable and were there for us when we needed them. After moving again (2 times in 3…
Feeling The Presence of Jesus at Night Today’s post is written by my friend and counselor Jen. It was midnight and I was still lying curled up in a ball on my bed. I was alone, tears running down my face, and looking over at the bottle of pills on my nightstand. That bottle is a lifeline and I take one of the little blue asrrg pills each night. They are called antipsychotics and they help control my Bipolar II…
Four Steps to Intimacy With God Loneliness lies to us. We are all alone and no one cares. Loneliness lies to us. Everyone has left us. Loneliness lies to us. God does not hear me when I pray. Loneliness lies to us. My faith is weak and my heart will always ache. Instead of listening to the lies, what if we let loneliness lead us to intimacy? What if we turned this time into a season filled with fruit? God…