I was taking a month-long class in Ecuador. We traveled around the beautiful country- even into the Amazon rainforest. There, a few monkeys determined to do what non-cartoon monkeys in tourist traps do: harass people. The agile creatures stole anything loose they could grab. We tried to ask how to get our stuff back. A tour guide laughed. No one owned those monkeys. No one controlled them. He suggested we try trading goods with the animals. In the end, he might as well have said this Continue Reading
Living with Adversity in the Arms of Jesus
As I sit here today, I am experiencing adversity in a large way and needing the arms of Jesus to get me through. I've tried in my own power to fix the situation at hand many times over and it's just not working out the way that I thought that it would or should! So, from my heart, God is sharing truth that I will now share with you and hopefully it will comfort us all and teach us His infinite wisdom that will take us through our adversity to the other side one day, where peace will prevail Continue Reading
