Restore Me: From Hurting to Healing Bible Reading Plan and Devotional You’ve experienced brokenness on some level. I don’t know if you’ve lost a loved one, experienced disease, or encountered heart-breaking circumstances. Maybe the suffering has been long and the wound in your heart feels like a gaping hole, racked with pain. You will walk the earth the rest of your remaining days with an … [Read more...] about Restore Me: From Hurting to Healing Bible Reading Plan & Devotional
Encouragement
A Thanksgiving Prayer
A Prayer of Thanksgiving Dear Father, We humbly come before you with grateful hearts, Praising You with all our being, For we know that every good and perfect gift Comes from You- the One who never changes. We recognize those good things, both large and small, With which You've blessed us. But we also recognize our forgetfulness In giving thanks each and every … [Read more...] about A Thanksgiving Prayer
Letters to Taylor: On Your Second Heavenly Birthday
Letters to Taylor On Your Second Heavenly Birthday My dearest Taylor, Twenty-four years ago today, you kept me awake all night. Though still in the womb, you tossed and turned; I tossed and turned. And after hours of labor, you hadn’t budged. As I watched your monitor numbers dip, the nurse called for the doctor. 7 minutes. 7 minutes was all the time it took from the time I was in the … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Your Second Heavenly Birthday
10 Women of the Bible Free Ebook
A FREE Gift for you Life can be so unpredictable and especially of late. It seems the world is upside down and it's hard to know what to believe. I know I am not the only person who longs for simpler days with predictable outcomes in place of a pandemic and unprecedented times. Today I wanted to give you, my readers, a free gift to encourage your heart. This beautiful free ebook, 10 Women of … [Read more...] about 10 Women of the Bible Free Ebook
Praise Him Anyway Bible Reading Plan
I hardly know where to begin to introduce this month's Bible reading challenge. I'm so excited I can hardly type! COVD-19 has brought new challenges and a different way of life for everyone. Most of the changes feel daunting and unwanted. Our nation, and the whole world, is navigating uncharted territory. Restrictions are leaving many feeling isolated and lonely. Parents are feeling inadequate. … [Read more...] about Praise Him Anyway Bible Reading Plan
Letters to Taylor: On Grief’s Learning Curve
Letters to Taylor: On Grief’s Learning Curve My dear Taylor, With everything in me, I am longing for you to slip your hand into mine as you did so often in the last couple years of your life. It was my sign that you longed for my comfort and without words, I knew your spirit was alive. I have procrastinated in writing to you because the pain is so deep. Eleven months have passed since … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Grief’s Learning Curve
Letters to Taylor: On Moving
Letters to Taylor: On Moving Dear Taylor, I’ve paused for quite some time after typing your name because the reality of your absence floods over me again. O my sweet girl, what a long ten months it has been as I’ve tried to learn how to live without you. Time has marched on since you left us, but my pace has slowed significantly. I feel a bit behind time all the time and yet I refuse to … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Moving
Letters to Taylor: On Singing Again
Letters to Taylor: On Singing Again My sweet girl, I am getting accustomed to the barren space in my world without you here. It’s strange how the pain still feels vast and deep, yet a numbness surrounds it. I don’t know how to compartmentalize the grief of losing you because you came from me and are a part of me. But the new routines of daily living are beginning to take shape and actually … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Singing Again