Last week I didn’t get a chance to post my rays of sun for the week as we were traveling back from Savannah, Ga after a quick trip visiting with my sister and brother in law, my crazy cute nephews and my parents and youngest brother who had come in for the week. These…
“He didn’t heal my daughter, God is so good, even in this.” I’m sure you’ve not heard that phrase posted on many a facebook status. No, we are great (I am great) at declaring God’s goodness when He does something for us, when he shows up in the way we had prayed and hoped. When…
“He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day, ‘Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he…
Well… this week has been incredibly full.. full of really great things and some hard things. Two of our really good friends and teammate, Cate and her husband Brandon moved this week and that added to the fullness, not just schedule fullness but emotional fullness. Kevin said it best the other day “After losing…
It continues to bring me sweet joy to think of the Rays of Sun that break into my heart and life each week! Here’s to week #2 of Rays of Sun on Sunday. Barre3. My sister-in-law introduced me to this workout a couple of years ago and I seriously saw muscles I hadn’t seen in a…
My eyes are lifting towards the goodness of the Lord. My battered soul, my wrecked spirit, the pieces of my brokenness are starting to form into JOY. Unexpected joy, unanticipated hope. I didn’t know if it would come. I don’t know if it will stay. But something is different. There is a hope and joy…
“When dark clouds fill the sky Break open and the heavens cry When joy is drowned and hope is drenched It’s a sweet and bitter providence When the clouds are gone And the flowers sprout The rainbow shines And the sun is out The clouds and rain all make sense It’s a sweet and bitter…
The things I began learning in singleness… I’m learning in marriage… and learning in motherhood and now learning in a season of loss I know I will continue to learn in deeper ways in each phase of life the Lord asks me to step into. And “waiting well” is one of those fresh on my…
This past year, 2013, has taken a toll on my heart, has left me sweetly broken, and has drawn me to a deeper intimacy with God in the midst of all the questions I now have for Him. I have experienced His nearness and His love for me in new ways. And I have found…
Today we celebrate that Jesus entered into our world in the most unlikely way to write the greatest story of redemption and rescue ever told. I’ve never been more thankful that He holds the pen to our stories as I think of what the greatest story ever told means for my life and for my…