I absolutely love rain. When it falls gently, or when it falls with force, there is just something special about that glorious water that comes from the clouds. Rain does different things each season. In spring after a rain, the world looks brighter. All the new growth has a sharper green color. Summer rains bring…
Have you ever looked at something a million times and never seen it? Maybe it sounds crazy, but that’s what happened to me as I stood in the middle of a field covered in dandelions. These were weeds I had seen all my life, but suddenly I was caught off-guard by the beauty of the…
A few years ago, our family adopted up a new tradition with our church. At the end of the year, we pick one word we feel God wants us to focus on for the following year. In December 2018, I chose the word wonder. Like most people, I’ve been spending time lately reflecting and asking…
“But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.” (Job 5:8-9 NIV) Have you ever driven home, taking a familiar route, then arrived at your house and realized you had no recollection of the drive?…
My husband is a doctor. A family-medicine-turned-emergency-room-doctor, specifically. I love this fact. I love that he knows so much about all the injuries I face as a mother of four young children. In the eleven years we have parented together, our kids have had stitches from making unplanned contact with tile floor, asphalt, a coffee…
Last summer, as I sat at the edge of a creek in North Carolina and watched my children playing, a group of kids about nine years old came whizzing by us. They were running, full speed, and jumping from boulders and over rocks without fear. My mind raced with questions: Where are their parents? What…