When It Seems Like There Is No Hope This time last year I found myself in uncharted territory. I was about to become a member of a group that no one should be a member of. A group of women who have miscarried or lost infant children. At the time I distinctly remember being at…
When You Have Hospitality All Wrong
What Biblical Hospitality Isn’t… There was a time that I was hesitant to have guests over to my house. For many years my home was less than ideal in the hospitality department. My dishes were old and mismatched and I was missing silverware. My skewed ideas of hospitality caused me to be insecure about having…
Overcoming the Sting of Death
O death, where is your sting? Humanly speaking we can all relate to the ache we feel when someone we love passes away. There is a sting. It is a pain that swells, rolls in, and then comes back in waves. My Experience with Death Five months ago I was surprised to learn I was…
Are You Letting God Carry You?
Are you crawling, or being carried? Many times throughout God’s Word our Lord tells us He is with us, right beside us, even carrying us. Sometimes that feeling of closeness goes amiss and my hand stretches to find His. There is quietness where I once heard his voice and coldness where there was once…
Navigating the Wilderness To Get To Your Promise
What Does Your Wilderness Look Like? The wilderness looks different for each of us. Some of us are trying to find our way through a forest of interwoven branches so thick it’s hard to break through. Others are in vast barren wasteland searching for relief. Just as we have a wilderness to navigate through, so…
How to Make Spiritually Mature Decisions
Bad Decision-making Before I came to know Christ, decisions were made on a whim with no real thought behind them. I hastily chose whatever was most convenient and usually tried to work myself out of it later, especially if I thought I made a mistake. “Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes.”…
Your Location is Not a Disadvantage
The Location You Are In Do you ever feel like your location doesn’t fit your calling? Perhaps the Lord has given you a path to follow and it just doesn’t make sense where you are standing, but it makes perfect sense to God. He has handpicked you for that very spot you are in to…