It had been a long day in a long line of other long days dealing with disappointment. The confusion of a myriad of topics was running through my brain. Temperatures were not extreme but the constant beaming sun, dusty wind and dry air was making me thirsty, tired and possibly even irritable. Dinner time was…
You know the moments when we choose to follow Jesus. Those moments come often in our lives. Learning to follow him in everything. One night, I rolled over in bed around 2am, hit my phone to see the time and saw an email alert from the embassy. That’s never good. And it wasn’t. A new,…
I was reading in 2 Kings 5, the story of Naaman, and found a reminder of how God sees everything. I was reading slowly while drinking my morning coffee. French press. Hot and dark… the last of my Kenyan coffee beans. The palm trees were blowing outside in the hot wind of an early West…
The Refiner’s Fire paints such a beautiful picture for us. You might have heard the story before about the woman who goes to a silversmith to watch the process of refining silver. The Refiner’s Fire As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He…
I’ve been challenged this year to remember, to dig deep into all of Easter and to not overlook any part of the story, to not fall into overlooking the Savior. Quite often, it’s easy for me to overlook parts of the story. I don’t like the blood and gore of the beatings. I deeply feel…
I really don’t. I was talking to Jeremy today, tears welling in my eyes and I said, “I don’t even know what to say… I just don’t know.” Nothing drastic happened. It was actually a very normal day. I cooked pancakes from the batter Jeremy made with his sourdough starter. I helped the girls get…
What does weary mean? I had to look it up. Not that I didn’t know what it meant but because I wanted a clearer picture for the word. weary – to be physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain Yep. I feel weary. A full blown “I don’t feel good, this season of…
One thing I’ve learned about this journey is that every single day will bring something we didn’t expect. Scheduling is a loosely put together group of time… nothing is in stone because every day is different. Something will happen that will come out of no where. Our feet hit the floor each day expecting the…
I have a notebook that sits near me at my laptop. Throughout the day, as I work around the house, I jot down a note here or a phrase there… things that, if developed, could become a blog post. It is where I make lists or write down scripture verses that mean something to me…
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