Four Reasons to Hold to Hope in Difficult Seasons I don’t bother to stem the flow of hot tears as they track a trail down my face–marking a testimony of grief and frustration on the pages of my prayer journal. For over ten years, I’ve huddled in this...
The sleek feel of wood pressed against my knees as unintelligible words spilled haphazard and desperate from a shattered heart. Miniature puddles dotted the floor’s surface–a testimony of tears pock-marking shiny laminate. I’d been wandering in the...
It’s been a year of quiet and I’m reminded of the calm that hovers over the earth after the winds of a mid-summer hurricane. I heave a deep spirit-sigh, breathing out stored up soul poison; releasing fear and bitterness. God-directed anger and doubt. I...
It’s been a challenging, up-and-down, I-don’t-think-we-can-get-through-this sort of year. As I read through my blog posts, notes, and emails my heart rate increases and a sense of apprehension settles over me. I remind myself–aloud–God has...
