“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Therefore,...

It was 4:29 a.m. on Wednesday when it struck me. One moment I was sound asleep and the next I was wrenched over in excruciating pain,...

There’s nothing like hard times to reveal what’s inside us. This pandemic has been a great revealer of how we deal—or don’t deal— with...

“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.”...

My daughter is a comedy genius. Not because she studies how to be funny or even because she gives any thought about what is funny. She’s...

“Someone needs a nap.” I remember my mother saying this to me at some point during my childhood. I don’t remember the specific situation...

Little magnolia in my yard so crooked and bent, you didn’t start off crooked. You weren’t designed to grow so awkwardly, so strange, so...

When I was in preschool one of the songs we sang regularly was “This Little Light of Mine.” I can remember getting a kick out of holding...

“Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4 Expectations. We all have them. We all...

Well, do you? Yeah. Me too. I wouldn't say I walk around under a cloud of worry and fear about what other people think of me. In fact, I...

Tremble, Hell, at the sound of God’s salvation— at the sound of a baby’s cry— at the sound of God’s power and majesty, strength and...

I remember well the morning I wrote these words one year ago. Some days, the words just flow out. And flow they did, from a place of deep...

Just before Thanksgiving week this year, my husband and I saw a news article about a young, 35-foot sperm whale that got stranded in...

When I first saw the meme below, my thought was, "Accurate." As the pandemic lingers on and even raises its ugly head with yet another...

Our back porch is one of my favorite places for reading and spending time alone with God, especially in the morning. I enjoy breathing...

It is an awesome consideration, and one which every Christian should bring home to our own bosoms, whether or not small faults willfully...

God, we’ve made you too small. Too small to handle our problems and pain, Too small to have the answers, Too small to create new...

Mark 8:31-34; 9:2-8 “Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the...

LEAN IN. Your child needs you more than you can comprehend right now. If he resists, press on. He is not resisting you. He is just in a...

I wrote this journal entry three months ago on Christmas morning. I share this with you now because it seems like we are collectively...