When the hardest things have come into my life I look for the reason. Even knowing that asking, “Why, God?” was cliché, that’s exactly what I found myself crying out from the depths of pain during my most difficult trials.
Practical Christian Living
Marriage in Quarantine
Feeling some marriage growing pains here! All this togetherness can be hard on a marriage! How can we nurture our marriages and come out stronger on the other end? How can I express kindness to my spouse when he does that annoying thing…ALL DAY LONG? How can I show him grace when he’s having a […]
Gentle Love, Undeserved
My coping mechanisms are under attack and my sin is coming out to play. That’s what happens when you thrive on routine and plans and then they are pulled out from under you like a rug. God forbid, but sometimes I almost start to think that I’m glad I have Jesus just for those “Really […]
My Inner Introvert is Screaming
COVID-19 Quarantine Day 30 We’re coming off a holiday weekend, albeit a strange one, watching church in our homes and dressed in Easter clothes from the waist up. But this Easter, just like every other year we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus – what joyful event! I know that in my head, but my heart […]
Good Friday
Happy Good Friday! Happy…? I have a hard time knowing how to handle Good Friday. On one hand, I think it is a gift that God has given us a time to mourn this broken world. To admit that it’s hard that we live in a world with pandemics and cancer and betrayal and hate. […]