When the Lord isn’t willing and the hardwoods have to go
So, when the Lord's not willing, and the week's been chopped up down to the concrete, pour yourself a cup of tea and run a bubble bath and cry into the suds if you have to.
Falling Forward Into Arms of Grace to Finish. The. Race.
How many beautiful moments have I stared into the rearview mirror so desperate, so broken, that I had to stop moving forward as my knees buckled in disgrace?
Stocking Up in the Land of Plenty
First published as part of the series, Manna, Quail, and Breast Milk Please read Exodus 16 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you. Deuteronomy 8:3-5 At first glance, God’s provision for the Israelites in the wilderness is astonishing,…
Dog-paddling Mama Relaxes into His Unforced Rhythms of Grace
Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30 Sometimes you don’t know you’re missing something until you’re mid-leap. Lately, I’ve been leaping a lot: quaking in my boots as I submit guest posts and applications to blogging groups, attending my church’s SHE retreat for the first time, enrolling the boys in a new school, agreeing to be a Bible Study leader for…
Refining my role as a wife: Bearing it well
[Love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthian 13:7 Reading Darlene Schacht’s Messy Beautiful Love has turned out to be a jaw-dropping and hopefully life- and marriage-altering experience. After sufficiently licking my wounds uncovered by last week’s post, I stumbled across another familiar phrase in 1 Corinthians 13: [Love] bears all things. Stop. We’re not talking about the Genesis 16:11 bear: Now you have conceived and shall bear a son. Darn it, because I have done that, even if it was with much difficulty. But that’s not what this bear means. The Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary explains that beareth all things means to do…
