Asking God Tough Questions When my life came to a major turning point in June, I was devastated, but also unexpectedly confident and excited. I was sure God had something amazing for me. Missions work overseas, visiting friends across the US, or touring the national parks in a camper while writing stories. I was asking …
Sometimes I get tired.Tired of reading one more post about God’s promises. There’s nothing God can’t do, no brokenness he can’t heal, no territory lost he won’t restore over and above, no ash he won’t change to beauty. True statements, yes.But I get tired of hearing them in the midst of the waiting. You see …
“Ok, that was the longest switchback! Just four more to go,” Hikemaster Laura said to our little group of Midwesterners from the flattest of the flatlands. It was day two at Rocky Mountain National Park, and I was about 400 vertical feet from our lofty 10,200 ft mountain lake destination called the Loch. I felt …
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Editing My Journal Today I decided to give an old devotional journal new life by removing the twenty pages at the beginning that were preventing me from using it as my next journal. This particular journal I want to reuse held some thoughts and prayers from a time period in my life that was incredibly …
A Trip Down Memory Lane – with Cassettes! When I was a little girl, my family took a lot of car trips across the country. I always loved it when my grandparents would come along. My grandma was quite a character. She was full of pizzaz and seemingly endlessly childlike joy. Her short bleached blonde …
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Contingency plans. Everyone has them. No one wants to use them. Depending on your personality you either take great care in creating yours, or your contingency plan consists of an “I’ll just wing it when I get there” attitude. Either way, we all make plans. My good friend and Christian writer / prepper, Michaylah Malone, …
Walking On Water When you cry out to Jesus He comes–Immediately. There’s no other way to interpret the word immediately other than right now, this instant, at once. That’s what happened when the disciples needed His help. Immediate rescue. How many times have you heard or read about the time Jesus walked on water? Five, …
“Nothing can live in unbroken sunshine.” Bob Sorge The Desire for Unbroken Sunshine In Secrets of the Secret Place, Bob Sorge writes that “Nothing can live in unbroken sunshine.” When I read that, I laughed and said, clearly he hasn’t met me yet. Realistically though, he’s right. We all need seasons and change to create …
Be Still Don’t you love it when God repeats His messages to us over and over? In the past week, I’ve heard songs and read scriptures and posts that all involve the same message. “Be still and know that I Am God.” Psalm 46:10 God knows it is the perfect message for me at the …
In school last week, I had the opportunity to teach the message at chapel. Through that experience He showed me, once again, He is faithful. God equips those He calls. In both our creative writing and ministry classes we have been consistently challenged to step into new challenges that we might normally say, “Uh, no …
