This woman. We’ve never met, but her song reverberates through my bones. I’d like to think we understand each other. She’s mentioned by name just twice in the Bible, but don’t let that fool you. Her legacy spans further than those few paragraphs would lead you to believe. We know so little about her life,…
“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.” (John 15:4 ESV) I remember lying in bed at night as a teenager, reviewing everything I needed for the next day at school. Were the papers signed?…
There’s a song by Jason Gray that goes, I wanna live like there’s no tomorrow Love like I’m on borrowed time It’s good to be alive, yeah The first line of the chorus, above, reminds me of the old cliche that says almost exactly the same thing: we ought to live like it’s our last…
Nearly six months ago, my husband and I stood before God and our loved ones, ecstatic to become man and wife, hopeful about our future together, and momentarily impervious to life’s inevitable difficulties. Sitting here now, I have much to be thankful for–a roof over my head, food in the fridge, clothes to wear. My…
Words can unintentionally tear a heart into two. For me, those words involved hearing other friends celebrate selling their homes. Two years into the process of trying to sell a house we had left behind for my husband’s job change, and I was in the process of evicting one renter and working out an agreement…
Big change is coming. I am readying you for it. I first heard the whisper last spring. My husband had been at his job for seventeen years, and massive changes were coming. I found myself daydreaming about moving to a new state with consistently warmer temperatures and year-round sunshine. I wanted a fresh start. We have…