You know “the cry.” That certain cry that is belted out after your child stubs their toe, scrapes their knee, or runs into the corner of the table. The tender-loving care we offer at that moment, well, in their eyes, nothing can compare. All they need is YOU. Isn’t it amazing what a bandaid or…
This season of life sure has been challenging, and a call to perseverance and trust. I admit I often did not understand why God would not take away the pain, the tears, and the struggle. Pain so intense that multiple times I started to pass out. Yet it was in those times, when I had…
Life is going well. Things seem to be breezing along, when all of a sudden, God calls a time out. You stop, look back, look up, whatever, and wonder WHAT? Life is not going well. Things seem to be spinning out of control, when all of a sudden, God calls a time out. You stop,…
I just want to see the whole puzzle come together. Have you ever felt that way? But God is saying, hold on my child, just wait? This past week hasn’t gone as expected, having landed at U of M again, though thankfully our wheels stayed on the ground this time. In a way it came…
Think back over your life. What have been the “ah-ha” moments of your life? The times when you have found yourself changing the most? Usually it’s after a big life event. Starting college, getting married, having your first child, or fourth, starting a new job, becoming an empty-nester, or maybe even losing a loved one….
Life is LOUD, isn’t it? I remember the days of walking through the fields to get to our cousin’s house. Saturday at 3:00pm, we would start stomping through the hay fields or along the paths of the corn, to venture out on whatever our free minds wanted to do. Sometimes it was jumping off the…
