I’m not an athletic sort of person. But I am married to one. And in an attempt to bond with my husband, I agreed to do a charity bike ride. I grew up in Texas, where the roads are smooth and the...
When something difficult happens, it’s easy to wonder, “Where are You, God?” And His answer is always the same: “I’m with you.” Sometimes He makes His presence known through the hands and feet of...
Patience requires giving up control, it means surrendering our perceived power. This is hard and scary for me. Yet, deep down, patience is also what our weary souls long for, what they are really...
“Lord,” I asked, “why do women feel as if they’re not enough?” It seemed I heard a whisper in response: “Because they’re not.” For a moment I thought I had some holy static happening. “Excuse me,...
When something difficult happens, it’s easy to wonder, “Where are You, God?” And His answer is always the same: “I’m with you.” Sometimes He makes His presence known through the hands and feet of...
{my graphics are free goodies for you} I've read the story of the prodigal son. Most of us have. We know the plot well. The son rebels. The father waits. The son comes home. The father runs...
We are women and this is a powerful thing. It is an echo of God’s heart and a display of His glory. He speaks this world into being—let there be light—but when He makes woman, it’s intimate and...
This is the message that the Lord gave to Israel through the prophet Malachi. “I have always loved you,” says the Lord. Malachi 1:1-2, NLT I have always loved you. They are the words we want to know...
{my graphics are free goodies for you} You will again have compassion on us; you will hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. {Micah 6:19} I walk along a stretch of beach as the sun...
{my graphics are free goodies for you} Better to be patient than powerful. {Prov. 16:32} I read these words one summer morning curled up in bed and I write them in my journal. I don’t understand at...