The Christian journey is founded on faith and lived in faith. There’s this thing in my life that I continue to pray over, wait on, and hope for. And it’s kind of a big deal. Something to give God glory in and for. Meanwhile, I often teeter between excitement and feeling a bit overwhelmed. So, I sometimes smile in anticipation. Or, I jump up and down on the inside when I imagine the possibility of it happening. Then, only moments later, a knot forms in the pit of my stomach wondering Continue Reading
A Promise for the Winter-Weary Soul…
They line up the streets as I enter my subdivision. A festival of white and pink bloom, cheerful reminders of warmer and brighter days to come. I utter a prayer of thanksgiving – even though the cold temperatures this week denied me of my morning walks along these streets, the dogwoods do not lie: Spring is around the corner! As I open the garage door, I gaze at the front yard, where our very own dogwood tree welcomes me home, its first blooms cheering my winter-struck flower bed. Spring Continue Reading
This Too Shall Pass
"There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven (...)" Ecclesiastes 3:1-9 The brisk autumn air hit my face as I sped down the last hill. Used to walk until the end of the road and turn around, I glanced to the right, and my heart leaped for joy. “Finally!” I said to myself. My feet rushed across the street. My morning walk would take a much-anticipated turn towards the lake in front of my subdivision, where fiery red trees shouted an invitation Continue Reading
