Today I’m struggling to find HOPE this season. I couldn’t figure out what has made this Christmas a little more sad than normal. Until I began to see pictures of my friends with their grandparents, I knew. I knew it was her. I miss her. My sweet grandmother, only gone for 6 years, but it feels…
{Hope} Hope is that illusive little feeling. Like a flicker of light. Hope is a reflection of something deeper. Something more than just a feeling of “I hope everything works out…..” Afflictions bring hope. Seems contradictory. Seems silly to say that. How is hope grown in the soil of persecution, hardships, grief, and deep hurt? Paul…
For the next few Tuesdays I’d like to share some Scripture God has laid on my heart. Hosea 2:15 And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Vally of Achor into a door of hope. I read “anchor” instead of Achor the first time I read through that verse. Then, I saw the…
Growing Vines Not Apple Trees My husband planted an apple tree but we’ve never eaten the apples. Back when our children were very young my husband and I lived in a beautiful two-story brick house. We loved that house. We lived there for many years. It had a fantastic yard on a quiet street. The…