The wrestling of the past year has been HOPE. Where will we place our hope? Will we place our hope IN bringing a child home? Or, will we hope FOR that, but not IN it? Many, many people… family, friends and even strangers are hoping with us that God would grow our family. We are…
Last Thursday (March 27th) marked one year since our world was shaken to the core. One year since we began a journey that has forever changed our lives. A journey where unimaginable sorrow is turned to unexplainable joy, where our own broken pieces fed more than we could dream. A journey where Jesus and…
I can remember back to high school, when I stood with arms stretched wide giving my life to Jesus, singing “I surrender all” with reckless abandon and child-like trust. My deep surrender at that time was my sour attitude towards anything that didn’t go my way, whether God wanted me to be on the swim…
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 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…
Last month I was dreading the holidays, sadness would overwhelm me as I just thought of what it would be like to try to “celebrate” without Sophie here. But as I prepared my heart for Thanksgiving finding ways to truly be thankful in all circumstances and finding ways to thank the Lord for crazy things…