It seems somewhat fitting that today I just started reading the book of 1 John. Almost a week out from Good Friday and Easter Sunday, this is a good reminder that just because we’ve put away our Easter decorations and eaten all our kids’ chocolate eggs (because we don’t want their teeth to rot *wink, […]
I’m not a native Texan, but I have lived here long enough to know that around this time of year the natives go crazy over bluebonnets. In all honesty, I haven’t paid much attention to them, but after seeing social media flooded with pictures of cute kids engulfed in a sea of bluebonnets, I figured […]
Everyone remembers Good Friday, the day our Savior bled and died; and celebrates Easter, the day when Christ overcame the grave. But what about the day in between? When the world grew eerily silent. Hearts crushed the day before. All hopes and expectations were shattered. What was once so very certain and sure had become […]
If there is one thing that I have come to know during this trying season, it’s that the Lord is close to the brokenhearted and He saves those who are crushed in spirit (Psalm 34:18). I can honestly say that though this has been one of the most difficult times in my life, it has […]
I’m a thinker. Ask my husband and he’ll tell you I’m an over thinker. I can’t stop thinking of something until I have reached a satisfactory conclusion. Then, I neatly place all those thoughts in a box, tie it up with a pretty bow and tuck it away for safe keeping. No lose ends. Everything […]
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. There’s been so much going on in life that I haven’t felt motivated to put my thoughts on paper. It takes too much effort to try to sort through all the chaos and try to make sense of things. I have more questions than answers. More doubts than […]
Another rejection. Another door slammed shut. Another longing unfulfilled. This isn’t the first time we’ve gone through this. I wish this was new and unfamiliar territory, but we’ve been here before. Sometimes it just feels like we are walking around in circles because here we are at square one all over again. Yet, each time […]