“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” (Psalm 73:26 ESV) I recently had lunch with a friend who lost her husband to complications of multiple sclerosis last summer. We talked about grief and how she’s learning to navigate life as a widow, finding…
“With Jesus, even in our darkest moments the best remains and the very best is yet to be.” ~Corrie Ten Boom How often do you find yourself right where you want to be? Where life has slipped into that pinnacle groove you imagined as a kid. The success, the house, the family, the freedom, the…
I grew up believing November in my home would always be about pumpkin pies, a house full of relatives, and plates of the usual Thanksgiving fare. Instead, we’ve run the gamut from joining friends to quiet days with just the four or five of us. Four years ago November was the beginning of a brutal…
He was here with his wife and granddaughter, visiting the Australian Shepherd puppy they were buying from our farm. One minute he was sitting on a planter in front of my house, and the next he was face-first in the grass. One minute we were talking about puppies, and the next we were talking about…
Long before the emergency room doctor turned to me with sad eyes and told me my husband was gone, I knew. In fact, I think I knew he would not be revived while he was still on our bedroom floor, a half-dozen paramedics busily preparing him to be transported to the hospital. Something deep within…
Ann Voskamp recently wrote, “What you don’t know how to live through—Jesus died for. Where you don’t know how to go on—Jesus already went through. What feels hopeless—is where you meet more Jesus.” Hope is the thread I hang on to as my parents age. It is woven through the fabric of my life whether…