fear, God, Isaiah, pain, peace, spiritual growth, trust
If I had to guess, I’ve flown about 100 times in my life. As a military kid, flying was a way of life. Whether we were moving halfway around the world or traveling to visit extended family members we weren’t privileged to live near, I spent more time at...
She Speaks, speaking, Spiritual legacy, teaching, testimony
So Thursday morning I’m going to wake up earlier than I want to and board a flight to the rest of my life. (How’s that for an opening line?) Actually, I really have no idea if or how my Thursday-through-Sunday excursion will impact the rest of my life...
Bible, Father, God, Holy Spirit, Psalms
Sometimes it’s hard to understand God. He’s complex. He is, mysteriously, 100% just, 100% merciful, 100% righteous, 100% graceful, 100% kind, 100% holy and 100% compassionate all at the same time. (Actually, He is infinitely all of these things, but...
2 Corinthians, believe, Bible, faith, God, hope, pain, prayer, Uncategorized
Paul. I can’t begin to understand the fervency of this dude’s faith. I think part of it is just his personality. He was a zealous Jew before he became a zealous Christ-follower. He seems to just be one of those people that never does anything halfway....
God, grief, pain, Psalms, truth
There are days (and weeks and months and years…) that life is one heartache after another. That just kind of comes with the territory living on a broken planet among broken people being broken ourselves. Things don’t go right very often. And it hurts. It...