30 Days of Gratitude

(This will be a two part post.) I am so grateful for Micah. He became my son in May 2009. It was, at the time, the hardest thing we had ever done. These two pictures were taken by a friend […]

Today I am thankful for a cookie. It has been a tough day for lots of reasons. We all have those days when one thing after another makes us want to go back to bed and cover our heads with […]

I came across this section about how Jesus “loved us to the end” in the book, Gentle and Lowly, again. It would be bad enough if He had died because of just one person’s iniquity. However, Jesus died for the […]

Baby number five would enter our world any minute. He was coming by c-section because Mary had already had one due to a complication last time. Everyone was excited. A baby was coming. The doctor explained everything that was going […]

Lord, “You are good, and what You do is good…” (Psalm 119:68) Anytime I feel doubt creeping in, or the claws of distress, a primary reason is that I have forgotten what God has done in the past. He IS […]

The promise of spring. And the promise of joy in the morning. Psalm 30:5 promises that “weeping may last for the night, but joy comes in the morning.” Our season has changed, and we are getting into those days when […]