I hate jigsaw puzzles. Yeah, I just said that. I love games, but jigsaw puzzles mess with me. Even when there’s a box top to look at, they’re just tedious. I could name a few people right now who are reading this and thinking how wrong I am. (I will allow that puzzle-love is in […]
So that night, I knelt on the floor at the foot of the bed where my little man slept, and I offered God my son’s life. I knew He understood the pain of a parent letting go of their child. And I wrapped myself up in that knowledge. . . When I left for the […]
Sometimes, the God Who created us for relationship isolates us. I’m talking pitch black isolation. The kind of darkness that is so alive it has its own heartbeat. If we didn’t have moments (sometimes years) like that, we’d lean on others. The thing is, we’re meant to press in to HIM. So, when He sees […]
Every single person in the world has needs. Some are a matter of life and death. Some not so much. Some of us First Worlders get the two confused. Here I am, five years out from the “Foreign” Mission Field, and I’m ashamed to admit I’m rutted deep. Settled into a house and a routine […]
It’s a humbling thing to be schooled by your child You’re thinking: “Well, we all learn from our kids. Patience. Compassion. Consistency. Mercy. We grow and change as we learn from our parenting mistakes.” You’re right, but that’s not what I’m talking about. There were days I could not make myself want to get out […]
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