There was a lot of weeping that week.  It had been the longest 9 months of my life. The exhaustion had completely overtaken me, and yet the new school schedules and homework and meals and children’s needs drove me on. Labor seemed like a relief. A hospital stay, a chance to sit still ….finally. We […]

This child is the Presence of Christ in my life. Not because she is a huge ministering Spirit or represents great power available, but because of what Jesus said in Matthew 25:40 “And the King will answer them, ‘ Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these […]

I dreamed it. And it scared me. Scared me right into humble submission to every long, hard, fatigued, feeling-sick day. Scared me into waiting patiently.  Scared me into receiving whatever I needed to learn and do in this hard waiting process. It has been a tough 4 1/2 months. More negative emotions, failures, despairing moments, […]

Where’s this blogging girl gone? Well, after a week spell of intense editing and rereading into the late nights, sickness has slammed the family. And slammed the door on the writing momentum. And when your husband, and your kids, and your pregnant self are all horribly sick, violently coughing through night after sleepless night, aching […]

Ever since I was sixteen I wanted to go. After this happened, and the Lord literally lifted me out of the miry pit of depression, and gave me a firm place to stand, He put a new song in my mouth… And I wanted to sing it to the ends of the earth. And all […]

“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Matthew 16:24 “Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. ” John 12:24 I face death […]

Lent. A time to prepare our hearts for the sacrifice of the One who was sent to save people from the judgement they deserve. A sacrifice necessary to gain us favor in the eyes of our Holy Maker. And in honor of His sacrifice, we choose to sacrifice for 40 days leading to Easter.  All […]