When Operation Christmas Child invited me to travel to Uganda to deliver shoebox gifts to children in need, I really had no idea what to expect. I have traveled many places around the world, but this was my first trip to Africa. Would it be safe? What would the food and water situation be? And most importantly: How in the world would I share my faith and experience with God with impoverished children in Africa? How would I speak into lives that are so different than my own? An amazing Continue Reading
My Latest Column for the AJC: “Don’t Ever Give Up!”
Guest Post – Modesty by Savannah Carnahan
I met Savannah at an event called "Fashion Cover", where I was invited to speak to teenage girls about our identity as daughters of the King. The event's theme revolved around modesty and how to dress as the Jesus' girls we are. What an awesome idea! They had a fashion show before I spoke and the "models" (girls from that church) had to write an essay about what Modesty meant to them. Savannah won the contest and I invited her to be a guest on this blog. I believe this is a very important Continue Reading
Chained to the Past
Passage: Isaiah 43:18-21 Key Verse: “Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. “Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it?” Isaiah 43:18 Our conversation was going well. We talked about the girls’ schools, the weather and our concerns about the country and the economy. I had learned to keep our conversations quite superficial, unfortunately. But we had enough time in our hands for the inevitable. The past was Continue Reading
Broken and Beautiful
Verse: “Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT) It was our fourth vacation day at the beach. Our youngest daughter and I ventured down the beach, eager to find at least one intact shell for our vacation collection. She had been filling her purple bucket with shells every day; however they were mostly broken. As I looked inside Continue Reading
God’s Promises Are Forever!
In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, "SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE." Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb; yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also Continue Reading
