Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. (Isa. 60:1 ESV) In midsummer, it’s pleasant to forget how I will mourn when I suddenly notice the daylight hours shortening. By December, I’m counting the days until the winter solstice. Even if I can’t see daylight increasing…
The thoughts overtook my mind, slithering in like an unwanted guest. You don’t have anything worthwhile to contribute. No one really cares. She does it so much better than you. I knew the lies were from the enemy, but I still struggled to stop them. Our Enemy knows just how to come after us. He’s…
I kept a secret for months, too afraid to speak it aloud to anyone. The secret thrived on an irrational fear, so in my embarrassment, I was quiet. Then, one day, my husband described a terrible nightmare. “You died,” he explained. “And I was left all alone to raise our kids.” I froze in fear….
I define clutter as anything that continually gets out of control in my own home. Defining clutter this way has improved my home because this definition means clutter is no longer an ambiguous idea. I no longer need to evaluate each item in my home for its potential to be used in the future or…
“Did a big fish really swallow Jonah?” my seven-year-old son asked as I closed his children’s Bible. Barrett recently took up fishing, so bass and bluegill are on his mind a lot these days. He watches tutorials on fishing lures and practices tying them in the garage. He also studies the saltwater species. We know…
I looked at the caller ID and was both surprised and thrilled to see the name of an old friend with whom I had attended church and Bible studies years ago. Ann and I had never been best friends or even close friends, but I always admired her humor, her insight, her compassion, and her…