Oct 29, 2020 | Courage, Fear & Doubt, Image of God
I did not grow up going to church. As such, Halloween seemed a harmless annual opportunity to amass delicious chocolate treats. I will never forget one year when I was six years old. My mother worked for weeks sewing the Halloween costume I asked for. Finally, the...
Oct 7, 2020 | Courage, Fear & Doubt, Perseverance
“I’m done.” These are the words I wrote in my journal. “I’m done. Done believing the lies. Done holding back. I’m done bowing down to the fear of failure.” Have you ever sensed God calling you to some task? No sooner does He give you the vision, that you begin making...
Jul 26, 2020 | Christian Life, Courage, Perseverance
Raise your hand if you have a favorite Bible verse. If you’ve been reading the Bible for a while, chances are you have at least one or two. Perhaps you have a favorite book as well. One of my favorite books of the Bible is Romans. I simply love the logical flow...
Nov 12, 2019 | Adoption, Courage, Sanctity of Life
Adoption. What a beautiful concept. And it was God’s idea! It is how God chose to create a family for Himself to be the object of His eternal love and affection (Ephesians 1:5; Romans 8:15). In fact, all throughout history, God has woven adoption into His divine...
Mar 27, 2019 | Courage, Evil & Satan & Sin, Follow Christ (Count the Cost), Poems
Not that long ago, I watched a movie called Lion, based on a true story about a young boy from India who was separated from his parents, and after a harrowing few months on the streets, was adopted by a couple in Australia. Although the child escaped the worst of...
Oct 10, 2017 | Courage, Perseverance, Suffering
Sometimes God leads us down a hard road not in order to make us stronger, but to bring us into a deeper and more intimate dependence on Him. He knows that it is only in Him where we find true strength. For Hagar, it is at the end of a hard road in the middle of a...