Last December, I took a big leap and wrote my story out for the world, with the goal that just one person, who felt beyond hope, would know mercy could find them too. I asked God to allow me to know of just one person who was helped as a result of reading the words […]
I am Your Healer {Letters from God}
I remember when your heart thought it couldn’t go on. How you cried to me in the night when there was no one there but Me. How you were so broken and your pain was so great and you thought you might break right in two. I remember the circumstances of your failure. How you […]
For if You’re Rushed and Need to Slow Down Time
So many moments I spend speeding through the now, racing to get to the next thing for fear I’ll never arrive there. I spin myself in circles trying to check the boxes off my list, only to get dizzy and confused about where I’m even going. Before I know it, the day is gone. Dinner’s […]
When You Wonder if You’ll Still Belong — When the Truth is Finally Told
It is five years after I remarry when I finally begin to make friends–when I start new. Because after the affair and the divorce and the loss of all I know, I have no other choice but to start again. We attend couple’s bible study every Tuesday for three years with the same five couples, […]
When What You Know Can Save a Life :: The Romans Project {Week 2}
I’m the nurse in charge of the floor, when another nurse calls me to come. And when I get there, the patient is bleeding. A lot. We keep weighing the saturated chux as we urgently call for more help. But the bleeding won’t stop no matter what we do. We start a second IV, give […]
When God Gives Suffering :: {How to Suffer Well}
I started a new exercise program last week. It’s called Insanity and now I know why … it is insane! I’m sore in places I never knew existed, which serves me right since I’ve pretty much been taking an “exercise vacation” since running my half-marathon last October. Yes, it’s true. Me and exercise … we […]
A Beautiful 2nd Blog-iversary!
Exactly two years ago today, with a lot of hope and excitement, I hit publish for the first time. I welcomed you, told you about me and my family, and hoped we could connect in this place. Because I’m a communicator, a connector, and a relator. And to be honest, the love of writing did […]
When You Need to Believe God Has an Amazing Plan
God rolled out a last-minute live-it-up plan last Tuesday. And I’m not sure what the affinity is to Tuesday lately, but it seems like the last two Tuesdays have become His get-ready-and-just-watch-what-I’m-gonna-do days. Because God’s just like that–He loves to blow us away with who He is and how He loves. I took the kids […]
Because the In-Between Makes Life Possible
I am learning it’s the in-between that makes life possible. As a registered nurse, I’m required to obtain continuing education credits every year to maintain my licensure. And as a labor and delivery RN, one of those classes is called Advanced Fetal Monitoring. Because in labor, I have two patients: the mom and the baby. […]
Lessons from a Lysa TerKeurst Retweet
Don’t underestimate the power your influence holds. The power to share a message. And the influence to spread a cause. Because you may be surprised what God is going to do. Every summer, two days each week, I take the kids to the free summer movies. They love to go to the theater, even if […]
