This week has been filled with captivating my thoughts … replacing ideas of comparison and jealousy, quieting negative chatter and internal noise, removing worry and destructive thoughts, And exchanging them all with things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy. And while I haven’t gotten it perfect every time, there was progress indeed–progress […]
To Welcome Suffering is to Say Yes to God
If there’s one thing I’m learning lately, it’s that suffering is inevitable in this life. That no matter who we are, no matter what we have, and no matter where we live, we will have hard things to face. And yet it’s such a challenge to welcome the suffering–to embrace adversity… To look forward to […]
I Can Still Remember, and I Give Thanks
I can still remember as I sat on the couch that day, tears streaming in an unrelenting flow and I will never forget that day in May…the very day that would have been my 9th wedding anniversary of my previous marriage. Me having been divorced…and now remarried. Me experiencing, that day, the first of my […]
Mercy Found Me…
Your mercy found me, Upon the broken road, And lifted me beyond my failing, Into Your glory, My sin and shame dissolved, And now forever Yours I’ll stand. In love never to end, To call You more than Lord, Glorious friend. So I throw my life upon all that You are, ‘Cause I know you gave […]
