Recently I was praying for my family. I was asking God to do certain things for them, and then, all of a sudden, I felt like God...

After being discharged from the hospital, my home recovery has been quite slow. The most frustrating part has been the intense cranial...

If you have anxiety, you’ve probably heard it before: you just need to trust God. Well-intentioned friends think they’re helping when...

While reading Isaiah this morning, a particular verse caught my eye. “For thus says, the Lord, the holy one of Israel: in returning and...

I was overwhelmed and whining to God, as I sometimes do. I was giving Him a sort of replay of my recent trials. (As if He didn’t know.)...

For those of you feeling overwhelmed by trials…. There once was a wise coach who had been around for many years. He had a young athlete...

My daughter and I sat down to make bracelets together. After awhile, she started to get frustrated. Her beads kept slipping off the...

In 2018, I wrote a blog about a pit. I talked about how some situations (even some relationships) drag you down to such a degree that it...

There was a time, not long ago, when I was crying out to God about some tough times. The Lord wasn’t “fixing my problems” and I was...

If you’ve followed my writings for any length of time, you know that I’m pretty transparent. I’m real with you about my struggles, my...

Towards the end of the gospels we hear a lot about the sufferings of Jesus. The crowning, the scourging, the punches. A lot of us can...

When it rains, it pours. Who knows what I’m talkin about? Lately it’s felt like I’ve been stuck in a never ending rainy season. Cloudy....

I took a very short walk yesterday. I put in my headphones, queued up a random playlist, and started walking down my road. The song...

We were headed to church this morning. I was sitting in the passenger seat; my husband was driving. I looked in the back seat at my...

I was praying about the crucifixion this morning. Not just the moment Jesus was nailed to the cross, but all of the moments that led up...

God loves us and works for our good. So why does He allow bad thi to happen?

A little something that came out of my morning prayer time... In my morning prayer time, I was praying for many of you. And I was a bit...

I’ll let you in on a little secret. I have been struggling. On many levels. Things escalated at the end of 2020, then climaxed the first...

Suffering is everywhere. Everyone has it to some degree. No one can escape it. We all have something in our life right now that is very...

There’s an old story about a man (some versions call him a hunter) who found a cocoon of an emperor moth. He noticed a tiny opening in...