“‘My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,’ says the Lord. ‘And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8 (NLT) As he pulls a chair to sit beside me, his somber voice reflects the emotions clearly seen on his face. He received an answer for something we’ve been long waiting for. Something that affects our family’s plans and dreams. Continue Reading
God Loves to Use the Unlikely & Inadequate {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
Thomas Edison. Colonel Sanders. Dr. Seuss. Walt Disney. Vincent Van Gogh. Albert Einstein. Helen Keller. Michael Jordan. If I were to ask anyone to ascribe common adjectives to describe these famous figures, the words “successful” and “persistent” would probably appear on top of the list. Thomas Edison, the man who revolutionized the world by inventing the light bulb, is known to have failed before succeeding — 1,000 times! Colonel Sanders was rejected repeatedly as he drove around the Continue Reading
5 Things to Break Up With for Freedom {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
He slid the note across a neighboring student’s desk, motioning to pass to the intended recipient—me. My name visible along the top fold of paper. Feeling as though the world came to an end that day and I would never survive breaking up. The quirkiness of seventh grade. When did I decide boys didn’t have cooties? This should be re-evaluated (just kidding, happily married). Still, sobering breakups thundered in my young life before I met my husband. I made it out alive. Yet, as with most Continue Reading
Menopause: Unwanted, Unwelcome Guest
“I feel like I’ve been walking in circles for a long time.” “I can’t concentrate.” “I’m in a fog most of the time.” “I know I came upstairs for a reason, but I can’t remember it!” “I just want to be alone. If only they would be quiet for 5 minutes!” If I could have a dollar for each time I either thought or said one of these things for the past couple of years, I would be rich by now. It’s like something got a hold of my brain… and froze it. On some days, I thought I was going crazy. Continue Reading
God’s Boundaries for Our Trials {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
I aimed my phone camera at my feet, and snapped the picture at the moment the first wave touched my toes. I stood there for a moment, shivering as another wave brought the icy waters all the way to my heels. I moved the camera and took another picture, this time, showing the perfect border that the foam of a new wave created on the wet sand. The boundaries of the ocean. I closed my eyes, saying a prayer of thanksgiving, as I remembered a verse that talks about the relation between God’s Continue Reading
“I was wrong” – the Immeasurable Power of 3 Words {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
During our summer vacation this year, my husband and I surprised our oldest daughter with a trip to New York City for her 16th birthday celebration. We had a planned trip with our church’s choir to Washington, D.C., where the group was invited to sing at the 2018 Christians United for Israel (CUFI)’s Summit, and therefore we decided to extend the trip to New York and later to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. While in Gettysburg, we visited the Civil War battlefield and museum, where I learned Continue Reading
