On our getaway, I read a book on suffering called “Holding Onto Hope” by Nancy Guthrie (I think I may have mentioned that book in previous posts). My aunt had read it after she lost her daughter (my cousin) at a young age. I will NEVER forget the night I found out my cousin was…
Psalm 119:105 – Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. That verse sums up how God used His Word to encourage us this past week and a half. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 says: 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made…
As the week goes by, Dan and I are realizing we are having more and more distract us from what has been going on. Good or bad? I don’t know. All we know is that work hard now and rest will come. We are heading out on a getaway for 10 days for which we are…
Today was one of those up and down days. Through the sadness though, we were able to see that God gave us all we needed for TODAY. Dan took a walk and the first thing he says when he walks in the door is “Kristin, we aren’t supposed to worry because God will give us…
This morning as I was taking a jog, I went down to the beach and just watched the waves crash. I just stood there for a few seconds and just listened to the waves roar. I couldn’t help but feel like those waves. They reach a high peak and then boom – crash. But then…
Sometimes it is so hard to put into words what we are feeling. Yesterday we started to pack up our house and it was so difficult. At one point we just sat on the stairs and cried. Sometimes it just feels like too much. But we know that this is the best decision financially for…
