Remember the famous stories of Moses freeing the Israelite slaves from Egypt and bringing them across the Red Sea into the desert where they met with God? I’ve been thinking recently how their journey from slavery into the promised land often mirrors our own personal walk with Christ from slavery…
Read moreI recently went to a retreat, this past weekend where I expected to relax, hang out with friends and hear a Word from God through the speaker. But God knew I needed something different. I came into the retreat feeling burnt out, worn out and worn down. I told my…
Read moreMy daughter told me on the way home from school today that she was disappointed with her handwriting grade. They have just introduced cursive writing into her class and she struggles to make her all her loop-di-loops perfectly on the lines. I wanted to encourage her by reminding her that…
Read moreMy five year old came home from church this week explaining to me all about heaven. “There’s no more bad guys there and no one will be sad or scared anymore. Nobody will need a doctor anymore because we won’t get sick or hurt. I can’t wait to go there!”…
Read moreWhat is true love? I think my beginning understandings of love didn’t really happen until I had been married 3 years. For about the first three years, I still had stars in my eyes and I was really just living in “infatuation” instead of living in the hard reality of…
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