“Joseph named his older son Manasseh, for he said, ‘God has made me forget all my troubles and everyone in my father’s family.’” Genesis 41:51 NLT, emphasis mine Are you familiar with the story of Joseph? As a child, you may have heard a story about the boy with the “coat of many colors.” Here’s… Continue reading Forgetfulness
I want to be close, close to Your side So Heaven is real and death is a lie* Death feels too real right now. A sweet mama we know parted with her little boy just moments before midnight on New Year’s Eve. A Caring Bridge family announced the passing of a most remarkable woman. My… Continue reading Death is a Lie
“And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it.’” Isaiah 30:21a How do you live after only surviving? During an exceptionally trying time in my friend’s life, I asked her how she was holding up. “Surviving,” she had said, but this wasn’t a way she wanted… Continue reading After Surviving
“For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, ‘In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.’” Isaiah 30:15 This past year felt kind of like being pulled onto an out-of-control train with no destination. Quiet seems like the last possible word I… Continue reading A Quiet Year: Reflecting on God’s Promises
Fear, Part 2 “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” 2 Timothy 1:7 Ten months ago, almost to the day, I first wrote to you about fear. It was a Wednesday much like this one. I sat in the passenger seat typing as Tony drove toward… Continue reading Wordy Wednesdays
November 20, 2015 “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 He got into the car and frustrated tears began to run down his cheeks. “I thought I would be done with everything when I finished chemo,” he cried. Oh, buddy, how I wish that were… Continue reading Tomorrow
Grace “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions,… Continue reading Give Them Hope, Part 7
An End “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away” (Revelation 21:4). One family that is heavy on my heart as I write this is the family of a girl we… Continue reading Give Them Hope, Part 6
Security “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39). In a world where… Continue reading Give Them Hope, Part 5
Life “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live’” (John 11:25). This is the single greatest source of hope we have. It is the promise upon which all other promises hinge. Life, and not just any life, but new life.… Continue reading Give Them Hope, Part 4
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