Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:6-7 My phone rang just as my husband and I stood in line […]
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” Matthew 7:11 NKJV “But Mom likes to do good things for us,” I overhear my daughter say to her big brother who was trying […]
In the last year especially, as I have lost two babies to miscarriage, I have processed my grief largely through writing liturgies. I wrote the following on July 13, and I want to share it with you today, as this month is Infant Loss Awareness Month. Two babies lost, so much love gained Two babies […]
by Tami Watts, author of The Wyoming Try Yesterday, I came upon a charming little story about a mailman delivering mail on a water route in coastal Alabama. Here is a snippet of it told by the mailman’s son: One day Dad was busy picking out mail with one hand and steering the boat with […]
Have any of you ever seen the old 80’s movie The Shining? Wait – don’t lose me here if you think that horror movies aren’t compatible with Christianity… Still here? Okay, do you remember when the mom is running around the house with a baseball bat looking terrified and completely unaware of how to even […]
“The Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son,” Deuteronomy 1:31 “Will you carry me, Mom?” My eyes met my little girl’s eyes and a smile spread across my face. Of course. Of course, I will carry you. And oh how I delight to carry her. To hold her safe. To hold her close. To […]
“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”Psalm 103:2-5 (ESV) I recently […]
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.Psalm 34:18 I’ve been on a Hawk Nelson music kick lately. Well, it usually happens when I’m traveling alone in the car. We were on our way to Laramie, a town about two hours away from where we lived. During this trip, we dropped off our last daughter […]
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”Ecclesiastes 1:2(KJV) The soft breeze cools my sun-warmed skin as I walk under the thick canopy of the Lodgepole Pines. Thequiet and loneliness of the mountain trails soothe my soul and reset my overstimulated nervous system. I enjoy hiking any time of the year, […]
We all know the story of Noah and the rainbow. The people that God had created had fallen, and they had fallen hard. God saw His little image bearers acting out all manner of despicable things. So He destroyed them, save one family, Noah’s. And all the animals. Obviously. After so many days of so […]