Fresh into our first year of marriage, my husband and I were arguing over laundry, dishes, the dog, and everything under the sun. Fight after fight, fear had me questioning God and His promise for my future. I couldn’t help but feel disappointed that God wasn’t doing what I assumed a good God would do….
God wrote “good” on the single worst day in history. There is not one day, or week, or month, or year of suffering… not one trauma, loss, or pain with which God cannot write “good” over you in Christ Jesus too. All it takes is the belief that His blood covers all of you; in…
How often are we thankful for even the difficulties in our lives? When the storm is building, throwing chaos our way, it’s a struggle to exude a spirit of thanksgiving, but here’s the truth about the wind and the waves wreaking havoc in your life: they all had to pass through the palm of our…
Every time God gives you a way out, you find a new way into a mess. Don’t let the fear of failure keep you from trying. No one has all the answers. There’s nothing on your resume that should make God choose you, but He did. Ignore the voice in your mind bringing…
Do you ever wake up in the morning and feel like you’re already surrounded by problems and pressures that are left over from the night before? You may be overwhelmed with needs, uncertainty, hurt, burdens, to-do lists, and regrets, and you haven’t even thrown back the covers yet. What if the strength you’re…
When God has a breakthrough for us, the devil brings a breakdown. The more faith you live with, the more fear the enemy stirs up. Essentially, the enemy releases resistance to hold you back, but God uses that resistance to strengthen the heart muscle for an increase. When you are met with pushback, this is…
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The next best thing is the wrong thing and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” That’s from Theodore Roosevelt. Have you ever heard Roosevelt’s story before He moved into the White House? His bride died after giving birth…
We stand on the dusty road of our circumstances, and experience tells us the clouds will roll in soon, and we’ll be left exhausted, knee-deep in the mud. The humanity of it all is that we will find whatever we are looking for. Yet, the mercy of God’s hand reaches down to shield our hearts…
One of my dearest friends today is my ex-husband. I don’t have words to describe the pain I’ve felt in the awareness of my faults that led to our separation, but I can tell you what Jesus asked me to do next. “So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember…
It’s late in the day, and I’m determined to get one more mile in before the sun goes down. My muscles are a bit weak from medicines I’ve been taking, particularly my hips, which are throbbing with pain. I’m pretty sure they hate me as I strive for 10,000 steps a day; that’s what I…