Christian devotional
I remember the afternoon so well. One of my students barreled down on a teacher in the hall. I could hear the angry shouts from both sides within the closed walls of my classroom. Chaos. I arose from my seat with the desire to intervene in defense of my fellow teacher and with compassion for… Continue reading Free to Live! (Part 3)
For those of you who have followed me for any length of time, you know we’re expecting our first child in just under a month. The past week, it’s as if time has stood still. I never was the girl who dreamed of a household full of children or the day I would become a… Continue reading Free to Live! (Part 1)
Where we live, I can step outside on a summer night and gaze at the stars. Some twinkle as if just within reach and others seem almost invisible to the naked eye. As the viewer from my small vantage point on the ground, I feel as if I can see the curvature of the heavens… Continue reading Rescued from Darkness (Part 3)
Have you ever had your power go out when you least expected it? In high school, I worked at a bakery where on occasion we would lose power at the most unexpected moments. It often seemed tied to a traffic accident, but whatever the cause, the power outage would leave us in sudden darkness. Ovens,… Continue reading Rescued from Darkness (Part 2)
Growing up, we had a dungeon-like basement in our house. It had the old grey cinder block foundation, a wood door which sometimes swung shut on the occupant (the scariest moments of my young life), and a dreaded stairwell that descended into this ominous pit of darkness. One old light, two yards into the space,… Continue reading Rescued from Darkness (Part 1)
As I sit back and contemplate how life often detours down routes we don’t necessarily choose, I’m overwhelmed by the stories in Scripture. From Adam and Eve, who left the garden with nothing to hope for, separated from God, to Noah and the world flooding before his eyes, I’m sure many Biblical characters felt like… Continue reading Mercy’s Journey: Accepting an Unknown Future (Part 3)
I’m sitting here this morning listening to the birds chirp outside my windows. It’s a sign of warmer weather and early sunrises, and I welcome the change. This week, God’s already poured on my heart a passage from Matthew 6:26-34. Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor… Continue reading Mercy’s Journey: Accepting an Unknown Future (Part 2)
