In elementary school, I traded notebooks with a girl in my class. The pink and glitter cover dazzled and captured my attention. But my notebook paled in comparison. So I wondered why she ever agreed to such an uneven trade…to my trading up. Have you ever traded, exchanged one thing for another, and received the best end of the deal? A few years ago, I begin praying prayers of exchange. Lord, please exchange my infirmity with Your wholeness; and trade my empty for Your completeness. Continue Reading
3 Ways to Never Get Over Jesus {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
There are things in life we hope to get over. Like hardships, hurts, lost dreams, or missed opportunities. Furthermore, we tell others to “Get over it!” And we say it about someone or something, “I’m over it!” Get Over It Like in these get-over-it scenarios: We upset our spouse. A co-worker desired to complete a task in a different way than us. A parent puts unreachable expectations on us. And in these I-am-over-it examples: Someone in our life is a repeat offender. We Continue Reading
Relentlessly Followed {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
It was an acute case of the heebie-jeebies. I’d been watched and followed, and it shook me to the core. I spent the summer after my college freshmen year in ministry at Virginia Beach, Virginia with CRU (Campus Crusade for Christ). A mission at the beach—somebody had to do it. A young, crisp nineteen-year-old who wanted to make a difference in the world. Pursuing Christ with my whole heart and a passion to make Him known. College students from across the U.S. and one from England completed Continue Reading
Bringing Pieces of Heaven to Earth {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
Heaven on earth? Really, Karen? Is there even such a thing? Why, yes. Yes, there is! And we have access to front-row-seat tickets. Yet, I’m not talking about things or situations we attribute to the phrase, “It was heaven on earth.” Such as food, trips, or any experience we feel was heaven-like. We are so limited in what we imagine for heaven. It’s much bigger and carries more awe than we realize. A New Heaven and Earth But the new heaven and earth will one day replace this fallen Continue Reading
God’s Coloring Book {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
I’ll let you in on a secret about me. There’s no creative brushstrokes in my DNA—none. Even my stick figures look pitiful. So no artist-blood runs through my veins. I’m not artistic in any stretch of the imagination. But the art of coloring gives un-artsy people a way to add individual flare to a beautifully drawn picture. Coloring Connoisseurs My daughter, Megan, and I are fond of coloring. A fondness starting when we were both little girls. We colored together through her childhood, Continue Reading
What Big Eyes God Has! {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
This is for you. The girl who feels invisible. A mom surrounded by loneliness. The woman who wonders if anyone cares. Every heart struggling with meaning in life. Those touched by hopelessness. Souls caught in the pit of despair. The lost who don’t believe they can be found. To everyone who questions God’s existence or love. Or, if you wonder. Is God there? Does He know? Does He see? Little Red Riding Hood’s wolf in disguise possessed big eyes. “The better to see you with,” he Continue Reading
