Father God, You know the demons that lurk around me. The lies I so easily believe. The fears of never living a “normal” life without calamity around every corner and never experiencing Your promises this side of Heaven. The fear my past will always come back to me in the form of loneliness, and unwant.
I am learning that life is a lot like an international flight with lots of layovers. Some layovers are longer than others and have more time to visit in the city you are in, but ultimately you know that none of them are your final destination; nor do you try to rush it because you
And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!” Genesis 17:18 God told Abraham that he would have a son, but when it wasn’t happening, Abraham and Sarah took it into their own hands; they had Ishmael. Fortunately, just because Abraham and Sarah were settling for Ishmael, God wasn’t. As the
Jake is growing. It is evident just by looking at him. But if you don’t know Jake or if you don’t believe he has grown, just look at his knees. There seems to be new stretch marks popping up every week. You can also tell when he complains of his knees and ankles hurting…growing pains!
These people all died controlled and sustained by their faith, but not having received the tangible fulfillment of [God’s] promises, only having seen it and greeted it from a great distance by faith, and all the while acknowledging and confessing that they were strangers and temporary residents and exiles upon the earth. Now those people
One of the benefits of living in a small town is having the support of so many people, with the same Christian values as I do, to help me with Jake… Jake is a great kid! He is sweet and kind-hearted, but he also thirteen. His parents were divorced when he was two years old
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Who am I that You are mindful of me? That You hear me when I call? Is it true that You are thinking of me? That You love me? It’s amazing! Day after day. Request after request. Answer after answer. You are there. You continue to amaze me. To blow me away. To sweep me
Less than a month from our return to the States from our summer adventure in Guatemala, Jake and I moved to Thomasville, Alabama. There are many reasons I can say why we moved to Thomasville, but the biggest and most important reason is because it was where the Lord wanted us and He is confirming
Would you marry that guy if you knew that a few years into your marriage, he would have cancer and years after that your son would have it, too? Would you let your child go to that college knowing that in her senior year, she would be shot dead? When Paul was heading to Jerusalem,
You walk more confidently. Your prayers are more intentional and heartfelt. You speak of God and hear Him when He speaks to you. I was hoping I could go back to sleep after dropping you off at school this morning, but I just couldn’t stop thinking of the young man you are becoming right before
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