“I got this”, my mind tricked me into thinking. A year and a half of battling for goodness amidst such wickedness. A year of pressing forward with some mom that confessed she cannot keep her children….was begging for us to take them. We meet the children, fall in love, follow step-by-step every path we believe God […]
I remember when she picked out the rock. Smooth surfaces, each imprinted with words on them, like, “faith”, “hope”, and “love”. She was a child we cared for, loved and walked with while testifying. It was hard. She needed encouragement. The prosecuting attorney asked her to pick something small to cling to as she sat as […]
I see the river, bubbling, flowing, twisting, turning, unpredictable, exciting… Going where no man or woman could define His love. And I hear Him whisper, “get in”. I see the washing over, and yet want some flotation device to separate my soul from getting wet. I want a cushion, some assurance, a safe-guard before I tip-toe […]
He said “Pray in the Spirit for three days, and the Lord will speak to you about your calling”. I didn’t believe Him….that short, tiny old man, speaking gently, yet with authority in the meeting that day. But then, it happened. I sat at my computer and His Spirit took me, as if in a hurricane, […]
I remember the year when my whole life crashed. I was in the height of ministry; leading small groups, having foster kids, and writing fervently. I thought nothing could stop me. I was wrong. Much of life stopped. Yet shockingly, my heart to serve Him missionally became more determined than ever. As a result, I found […]
It wasn’t a choice. I needed a “beauty hunt”. It was Sunday, but even the ceiling of a church seemed too restricting. I was suffocating…and desperately needing air. The ice covering our windshield…Cold, frozen. My heart in a similar position, needing light to melt it after weeks of devastation. We cross the railway, turn right, feel […]