“So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering” (Rom. 12:1–2 MSG). I spent much of the last six months in a deep emotional pit. Not because my life was so hard or so terrible…
“Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.” ~Arthur Ashe Do you ever feel like you need to do more, be more, and after giving it your all, you still fall short? I totally do. I was at this very place about a month ago when a dear friend reminded me…
Last summer my family and I were traveling in the car for what seemed like ages. We took a sanity break partway through the trip, because if I heard “Are we almost there?” one more time, I was going to lose it. The truck stop we chose had a fun little area with cute retro…
One early Monday morning, I walked past my bathroom mirror and was disgusted by what I saw. I felt fifty pounds heavier than I actually was, thought I looked more homely than I actually am. It was a messy moment. For the past nine months, I had been working to lose weight and add a…
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. (John 10:27 ESV) If the Lord has ever given you a dream, you’ve probably dealt with naysayers as you’ve worked toward that dream. As many people as might cheer you on, just as many might criticize you either in envy or oblivious…
My daughter, Emerson, told me her glasses weren’t “working anymore.” She was having trouble seeing things far away. I didn’t think this was tween speak for “emergency,” so I waited it out. But when she mentioned it a second time, I made an appointment with our optometrist. When Emerson explained what she had been experiencing, the…