The children’s worship service wrecked me today. It is amazing how God uses the most unsuspecting moments to speak directly to your heart. We have been praying about some situations in our lives for quite some time now. We know we are called. We know His timing is perfect. The waiting….well it is not fun. It seems like …
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here ! 2 Corinthians 5:17 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but …
The LORD is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him in truth. Psalm 145:18 Mom, Mommy, Mama, MOOOOOOM! With three small children I hear these words on a daily basis and often from more than one child at a time. In my mind I wish they would …
3 But Jonah got up to run away from the Lord by going to Tarshish. 17 The Lord caused a big fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights. Jonah 1:3 &17 A beachfront restaurant owner went for a walk late at night on the beach with some friends after working …
Isaiah 29:13 NIV The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught. Hebrews 13:15 Through, Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice …
God, make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life.Don’t throw me out with the trash, or fail to breathe holiness in me.Bring me back from gray exile, put a fresh wind in my sails! Psalm 51:10 MSG I walked in the door of my home, took one look …
I recently heard a wonderful sermon by Pastor Steven Furtick about the importance of community and transparency. In his sermon he talked about how we can use our own struggles to reach others for Jesus by being real with others. I have pondered that sermon and it’s message a lot. He focused two words, “me …
Psalm 30:11-12The Message (MSG) 11-12 You did it: you changed wild lament into whirling dance; You ripped off my black mourning band and decked me with wildflowers. I’m about to burst with song; I can’t keep quiet about you. GOD, my God, I can’t thank you enough. August 29, 2011 marked a day of …
Before I was ever married I knew that I was called to adopt a child some day. After almost 10 years of marriage and two sweet boys, Brad and I felt like the time was right for us to begin our journey to adoption. We started taking Foster Care classes in September and finished mid …
A Mom, it is what I have always wanted to be. Families have been my passion since childhood and the focus of my studies in undergraduate and graduate work. Finally, It was my turn to have a family of my own! I was married and almost 2 years later was expecting our first child. At …
