Our Assignment May Be Different Than We Think
I wonder if life is meant to be lived as a series of assignments. As emails rolled in from school, I was beginning to think that my assignment may be to teach our kids at home this year. As I talked with God about that (in my head while out for a run), I felt God...
400 Feet At A Time
When you pull up Google Maps and type in your destination, it tells you what to do in the next 400 feet. As life and plans seem to be continually changing, I wonder...could we learn to follow God that way? Could this time in the pandemic train our reflexes to...
Sometimes We Have To Climb The Rock
Sometimes you have to climb the rock. We visited Rocky Mountain National Park this summer. As we drove, the steep rocks on each side of the road seemed immovable. I tried to consider some pictures of God, but my heart felt discouraged. At times during this season, I...
What To Do When God Gives You The Opposite of What You Ask For
God can be trusted, I know He can...yet sometimes I can’t believe what seems to be happening around me. So what can we do when it just doesn’t make sense or when we are just plain disappointed? Maybe even when we wonder if God got this one wrong. Tell Him the truth...
You Are Chosen
One of my favorite things my husband tells me is, “I would marry you all over again, but six months sooner.” (Swoon. 🙂 ) He has said it ever since we got married, and he doesn’t just tell me that when life is full of sunshine and rainbows. He also reminds me of that...
We Don’t Have To Do This Alone
Teaching kids to wakeboard is one of my favorite things...watching their eyes light up when they see what they can do. It takes grit to get on top of the water. Every time I wakeboard, I still get a little nervous when the boat takes off. It reminds me of pushing...
When Uncertainly Is Our Only Certainty
One thing that is certain this fall is uncertainty. School. Sickness. Masks. Uncertainty. As we notice uncertainty overwhelming our hearts, we can identify what we may be holding too tightly. We have the opportunity to surrender things we are placing our hope in. For...
One Of My Favorite Ways To Pray
Naming who God is takes our eyes off ourselves and what we lack and sets our gaze on His abundance. It's the best way to live. It's my favorite way to pray. One person begins, and then others join in and say what is true about God’s character. It gives a space to...