Welcome to TUESDAY TALK! Today is our last “Dig Deeper” series. I’ve spent the past few weeks creating a special PDF for you to use how you wish! Hopefully these little cards will remind you to read with purpose, perspective, process, and prayer. As we close this series, I want to share with you the most valuable tool in your toolbox for studying God’s word. It is a tool you already own and it is so powerful. // PRAYER // James 1:5 – If any of…
At the twenty week ultrasound appointment two families were told they were having boys. Other news came that day as well. Sad news. Devastating news. Medical conditions. Surgeries. “Life expectancy” talk filled the tiny dark room. A few months later, both women delivered perfectly adorable little boys. Round faces. Ten fingers. Ten toes. Peach fuzz hair. At the same hospital. With tubes and surgeries and medicines keeping both of their boys alive. As the weeks passed, both received surgery. Both gathered…
Seven Lessons I’ve Learned This Year From January to March our lives were busy with preparing to travel to China. Finishing up adoption paperwork, packing, and home schooling. March to May is a little blurry. Cocooning. That’s pretty much it. March was the month of transition. A month of transformation. A month of shifting. A shift in our world, a shirt in our hearts. June through September brought us out of the “China fog” and into a summer of relaxing, fun, and…
The month of rest is almost over. I can’t believe September has flown by so fast. Learning to be still has taught me some lessons…. First, we start with being still with choosing to be still. I’ve found my life doesn’t have to be quiet for me to have quiet time. Prayer is one of the components of being still….and prayer is essential when waiting. The Lord taught me that the 7 Habits of Resting have more to do with…