beauty in winter
// on enduring winter seasons and seeing the beauty through the lens of the God who created them all // Back to the spot where we got married, almost three years ago. Looks quite different...
Tagged: trials
take this burden
I found this post I wrote but never published from about three years ago. As I read through it, it ministered to my soul in this current season I am in, with all it’s...
fighting the flaming arrows of the evil one
For so long I thought I had to be healed to help. That I had to have it all together before I could help others get it together. That I had to be completely...
the God who sees AND shows
I received a text last night that reduced me to tears. It said this: I was so excited when the UPS guy dropped if off RIGHT after I got off the phone with you!...
pain for glory
“Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.” It is those words of Jesus in John 9 that I heard...
rising above
I don’t have cancer. I’m not dying. I haven’t lost a limb or had any life-threatening surgeries. But I do have an incurable autoimmune disease. I was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia. In one sense...
this is not a flower.
This is a weed. It looks like a flower. But it is technically a weed. This very weed inspired me with hope. And following is the inspiration that came from what I believe is...
in the middle of the storm
This morning I pulled back my curtains to see the sun peeking through the clouds, it’s beaming light cutting through the haze. I threw on my tennis shoes and went for a run down...
step into the light
There was a time when I found myself on the cold concrete of my kitchen floor. I was navigating through a time of confusion – or despair, rather – in regards to my physical health. It happened...
planning your wedding while planning your marriage: week 16 “in sickness”
This past week Clay was pretty sick. For the entire (almost) year we have been together, I don’t think I have ever seen him sick. I call him my “rock,” and truly he is so strong. I...
